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 renowned as the pioneer of modern research of the eyewitness memory of children and utilizing child victims to testify as legal witnesses. Professor Goodman's publications are extensive, she has received numerous grants and has been the recipient of many honors both national and internationally. She has worked with a variety of governments and organizations across the world on studies and policy issues pertaining to child victims of the legal system. She is a consultant for the Special Assault Forensic Evaluation Center - formerly Multidisciplinary Interview Center - of Sacramento County Child Protective Services. She holds memberships in many professional organizations, like the Association for Psychological Science and American Psychological Association. Prof. Goodman is a fellow of the Psychonomics Society Society for Research in Child Development American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children and the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies. She was the president of three divisions (Division Society for Policy and Child Development and Practice Division American Psychological Law Society, and Division Developmental Psychology) and one section (Child Maltreatment) of the American Psychological Association.