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. The university is widely acknowledged for starting the modern science-based study of children's eyewitness memories and the role of child victims as witnesses in the legal realm. Professor Goodman is a prolific author she has won many awards and grants. She has collaborated with numerous government agencies and institutions all over the world to conduct policy and research pertaining to the child victimization of the legal system. She is a consultant to the Special Assault Forensic Evaluation Center of Sacramento County Child Protective Services (formerly Multidisciplinary Interview Center). She is a member of a variety of professional organizations, for example, those of the Association for Psychological Science and American Psychological Association. (Divisions of Experimental Psychology, Developmental Psychology Society for Children and Families Praxis and Policy American Psychology Law Society Psychology of Women and Traumatic Stress 56) Professor Goodman is also a part 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 International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies. She was president of American Psychological Association's three divisions which included Division American Psychology Law Society, Division Developmental Psychology and Division Society for Family and Child policy and practice.