Ariel Gail

Professor Gail S. Goodman, the Distinguished Professor of Psychology and Director of Center for Public Policy Research is a professor at the University of California Davis. The university is widely acknowledged for beginning the current scientific study of children's eyewitness memory, as well as the use of children's victims as witnesses in legal situations. Professor Goodman is a prolific writer and has been awarded multiple grants, and received numerous International and national awards. She has collaborated with various authorities and organizations across the world on policies and research related to children as victims in the legal system. She is a consultant at the Special Assault Forensic Evaluation Center which was previously known as the Multidisciplinary Interview Center of Sacramento County Child Protective Services. She is a member of numerous professional associations including that of Association for Psychological Science and American Psychological Association. (Divisions of Experimental Psychology, Developmental Psychology Society for Child and Family policy and practice American Psychology Law Society Psychology of Women and Traumatic Stress 56) Professor Goodman is also a member of the Psychonomics Society and the American Professional Society for the Abuse of Children and International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies. She has served as head of 3 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.