Paul gray
Paul Gray is a Wiradjuri man from NSW who completed a DPhil in Experimental Psychology at St Catherine's College, Oxford, as an inaugural Charlie Perkins Scholar. Paul's research investigated the impact of child maltreatment on social and emotional processes in adolescence, seeking to inform policy and practice to improve outcomes for children and young people in out-of-home care.
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Paul has worked in various roles with the NSW Department of Family and Community Services including as a psychologist and policy and project roles prior to becoming the Executive Leader of Strategy, Policy and Evidence at AbSec (NSW Child, Family and Community Peak Aboriginal Corporation), the Aboriginal peak body in the child protection sector in NSW. In this role Paul led the development of community-led approaches to child and family wellbeing and advocated for systemic and practice reforms grounded in the rights and interests of Aboriginal children, families and communities.
Paul joined the Charlie Perkins Scholarship Trust in 2019 and is currently an Associate Professor at the Jumbunna Institute for Indigenous Education and Research, UTS.
Paul joined the Charlie Perkins Scholarship Trust in 2019 and is currently an Associate Professor at the Jumbunna Institute for Indigenous Education and Research, UTS.