Ariel Gail

Prof. Gail S. Goodman is Distinguished Professor of Psychology and director of the Center for Public Policy Research at the University of California Davis. It is widely believed that she was the one who starting the modern science-based study of children's eyewitness memory and child victims as witnesses in court contexts. Professor Goodman published widely and has won several grants and has received numerous international and national awards. She has offered policy and research consultations to numerous agencies and government departments from all over the world. She serves as a consultant for the Special Assault Forensic Evaluation Center (formerly known as Multidisciplinary Interview Center - of Sacramento County Child Protective Services. She is a part of numerous professional associations, including Association for Psychological Science and American Psychological Association. Professor Goodman is a member of the Psychonomics Society Society for Research in Child Development American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children (Founding member) International Society for the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect and the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies. She was director of three divisions (Division Society for Policy on Child and Family and Practice Division American Psychology-Law Society, and Division Developmental Psychology) and one Section (Child Maltreatment) of the American Psychological Association.