Ariel Gail

Prof. Gail S. Goodman is the Distinguished Professor of Psychology as well as director of the Center for Public Policy Research at the University of California Davis. She has received a lot of praise for pioneering the study of witnesses from children as well as memories of eyewitnesses within legal contexts. Professor Goodman publishes widely has received many grants and has been recognized with numerous International and national awards. She has worked with numerous authorities and organizations across the world regarding policy guidelines and studies on child victims within the legal system. She serves as a consultant to the Special Assault Forensic Evaluation Center of Sacramento County Child Protective Services (formerly Multidisciplinary Interview Center). She is a former member of various professional associations, which include the Association for Psychological Science and American Psychological Association. (Divisions Experimental Psychology Developmental Psychology Society for Children and Families Policy and Practice American Psychology Law Society Psychology of Women and Traumatic Stress 56) Professor Goodman belongs to the Psychonomics Society, the American Professional Society for the Abuse of Children and International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies. She served as the director of three divisions (Division Society for Policy and Child Development Practice Division and the Society for Child Policy American Law Society and Division Developmental Psychology) and one Section (Child Maltreatment) of the American Psychological Association.