Ariel Gail

Professor Gail S. Goodman, the Distinguished Professor of Psychology and Director of the Center for Public Policy Research is at the University of California Davis. She has been widely recognized for her pioneering work in studying child witnesses and eyewitness memories in legal settings. Professor Goodman is an prolific writer and has been awarded many prizes and grants. She has consulted with numerous government agencies and governments across the world regarding policies and research concerning child victims in the legal system. She is also a consultant for the Special Assault Forensic Evaluation Center. (formerly Multidisciplinary Interview Center) and is a part of Sacramento County Child Protective Services. She is a part of several professional organizations, such as those of the Association for Psychological Science and the American Psychological Association (Divisions Experimental Psychology Developmental Psychology Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues Society for Child and Family Policy and Practice American Psychology Law Society Psychology of Women and Traumatic Stress 56). Professor Goodman is a member of the Psychonomics Society Society for Research in Child Development American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children as a founding Member of the International Society for the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect as well as the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies. She was president of The American Psychological Association's Developmental Division, Division American Psychology Law Society and Division Society for Family and Child Policies and Practice.