Refereed Articles
UNDER REVIEW
Dougherty, M., Judson, G. & Pazur, S. (under review). Becoming scholars with data: Exploring imaginative methodological practices. Reconceptualizing Educational Research Methodology.
Gelmi, A. & Judson, G. (under review). Engaged in teaching: The role of imagination in teachers鈥� professional development. RicercAzione
Judson, G. & Bunker, B. (under review). Designing transformational professional learning opportunities: Understanding participants鈥� experiences in an on-line and in-place imagination-focused self-study. Professional Development in Education.
Judson, G. & Dougherty, M. (under review). Imaginative (un)learning in leadership education: How cognitive tools and community-based collaboration cultivate imaginations. Journal of Leadership Education.
PUBLISHED
Dougherty, M. & Judson, G. (2025). Leading with the possible in mind: Educational leaders' experiences engaging imagination in practice, Journal of Ethical Educational Leadership, 8(1), 103-121.
Judson, G. (2024). Imaginative Ecological Education: Evolution of a theory and practice. In G. Noblit (Ed.), Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Education. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/acrefore/9780190264093.013.1971
Judson, G. & Dougherty, M. (2024). Imagination as a catalyst for relational leadership: Educational leaders鈥� perspectives. International Journal of Leadership in Learning, 24(1), 5鈥�35.
Li, X., Guo, Y., Rong, C, & Judson, G. (2024). Knowledge, imagination and learning in depth: A Discussion with professor Gillian Judson on Kieran Egan鈥檚 research. Journal of East China Normal University, 42(6), 125-136.
Judson, G. (2023). A dirty little secret: Studying imagination, imaginatively, in a Leadership education graduate program. Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 23(4).
Judson, G. (2023). Cultivating leadership imagination with cognitive tools: An imagination-focused approach to leadership education. Journal of Research on Leadership Education, 18(1), 40-62. doi:
Judson, G. & D. Datura, M. (2023). A walking curriculum: From 鈥済ood ideas for walks鈥� to transformative design for eco-social change. International Journal of Education Policy and Leadership, 19(2), 1-19.
Judson, G. (2022). Engaging and cultivating imagination in equity-focused school leadership. International Journal for Leadership and Learning, 22(1), 252-264. doi:
Judson, G., Powell, R., & Robinson, K. (2021). Educating perfinkers: How cognitive tools support affective engagement in teacher education. The Canadian Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 12(1).
Judson, G. (2020) Conceptualizing imagination in the context of school leadership, International Journal of Leadership in Education. DOI:
Hadzigeorgiou, Y., & Judson, G. (2017). Toward more effective storytelling for raising environmental awareness in young students. Journal of Advances in Education Research, 2(1), 13.
Judson, G. (2017). Engaging With Place: Playground Practices For Imaginative Educators. Journal of Childhoods And Pedagogies, 1(2). [Link: ]
Judson, G. (2015). Imaginative Ecological Education (IEE): Teaching That Interweaves Curricular Topics, Human Emotion, The Body, & Place. Green Teacher, 13-17.
Judson, G. (2015). Supporting ecological understanding through imaginative and in-depth study of a place-based topic or issue. Canadian Journal of Environmental Education, 20, 139-153.
Judson, G. (2014). The role of mental imagery in imaginative and ecological teaching. Canadian Journal of Education, 37(4), 1鈥�17.
Judson, G. & Egan, K. (2013). Engaging students鈥� imaginations in second language learning. Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching. Special Issue: The role of imagination in language learning. 13(3), 343-356.
Judson, G. & Egan, K. (2012). Elliot Eisner鈥檚 imagination and learning. Journal of Curriculum and Pedagogy, 9(1), 38-41.
Blenkinsop, S. & Judson, G. (2011). Storying environmental education. Canadian Journal of Environmental Education, 15(1), 174鈥�189.
Fettes, M. & Judson, G. (2011). Imagination and the cognitive tools of place-making. Journal of Environmental Education, 42(2), 123鈥�135.
Egan, K. & Judson, G. (2009). Values and imagination in teaching: With a special focus on social studies.Educational Philosophy and Theory, 41(2), 126鈥�140.
Judson, G. & Egan, K. (2009). Imagination in a world of assessment. Curriculum and Teaching, 24(2), 13鈥�25.
Egan, K. & Judson, G. (2008). Of whales and wonder. Educational Leadership, 65(6), 20鈥�25.
Judson, G. (2006). Curriculum spaces: Situating educational research, theory and practice. The Journal of Educational Thought, 40(3), 229鈥�245.