Ariel Gail

Professor 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 developing the first modern-day scientific study of children's eyewitness memory as well as child victims' witnesses in the legal realm. Professor Goodman publishes widely has received many grants and has been awarded numerous International and national awards. She has collaborated with various governments and agencies throughout the globe regarding policies and research related to children who are victims of the justice system. She serves as a consultant for the Special Assault Forensic Evaluation Center in Sacramento County Child Protective Services (formerly Multidisciplinary Interview Center). Professor Goodman is a member in a variety of professional associations, including the Association for Psychological Science and American Psychological Association. She is also a founding members of the American professional Society on the Abuse of Children, the Psychonomics Society Society for Research into Child Development, and the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies. She was director of 3 divisions (Division Society for Policy and Child Development and Practice Division American Law Society and Division Developmental Psychology) and one Section (Child Maltreatment) of the American Psychological Association.