Judy was awarded an OBE in 2018 and received honorary doctorate from University of Sussex in 2016. She is Emeritus Professor of Education in the Rees Centre, engaging in research mainly on the education of vulnerable children including children in care.
Her research includes factors that contribute to better educational outcomes, a RCT reading intervention combining book-gifting and paired reading and a national research programme developing an evidence base on attachment and trauma training in schools.
- Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences since 2011
- ESRC Peer Reviewer
- Regular reviewer for six journals