Alison Wray (born 1960) FAcSS FLSW is a Research Professor in Language and Communication at Cardiff University in the United Kingdom.
[1][2] Wray has been teaching at Cardiff University since 1999.
She also investigates language patterns in people with dementia.
[5] Her book, The Dynamics of Dementia Communication (Wray 2020) won the 2021 Book Prize of the British Association for Applied Linguistics[6] and was runner up in the American Association for Applied Linguistics Book Award 2021-22.
[7] In 2014, Wray was elected a Fellow of the Learned Society of Wales.