Ariel Gail

Prof. Gail S. Goodman has been an outstanding psychologist since 1993, and the director of the Center for Public Policy Research, University of California Davis. She is well-known for starting modern scientific studies of the memory of children as eyewitnesses and also the application of child victims in court contexts. Professor Goodman publishes widely has received numerous grants, and has received numerous international and national awards. She consults with numerous governments and agencies across the globe regarding policy and research on child victimization in the court system. She works as a Consultant to the Special Assault Forensic Evaluation Center - formerly Multidisciplinary Interview Center - of Sacramento County Child Protective Services. She is a fellow of many professional organizations including those of the Association for Psychological Science and the American Psychological Association (Divisions Experimental Psychology Developmental Psychology Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues Society for Child and Family Policy and Practice American Psychology-Law Society Psychology of Women and Traumatic Stress 56). Professor Goodman also belongs to the Psychonomics Society, American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children and International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies. She has served as president of 3 divisions (Division Society for Policy on Child and Family and Practice Division American Psychology Law Society as well as Division Developmental Psychology) and one Section (Child Maltreatment) of the American Psychological Association.