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. She is widely acknowledged for being the pioneer of research into child witnesses and eyewitness memories in the context of legal proceedings. Professor Goodman publishes widely has received many grants and has been awarded numerous International and national awards. She has advised numerous federal agencies and governments around the world about policies and studies related to way children are treated by the legal system. She has been a consultant with the Special Assault Forensic Evaluation Center, formerly known as the Multidisciplinary Interview Center of Sacramento County Child Protective Services. She is a member of various professional associations, such as that of Association for Psychological Science and American Psychological Association. (Divisions Experimental Psychology and Developmental Psychology Society for Child and Family policy and practice American Psychology Law Society Psychology of Women and Traumatic Stress 56) She is also a founder member of the American Professional Society for the Abuse of Children, the Psychonomics Society Society for Research into Child Development and the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies. She has served as President of three divisions (Division Society for Child and Family Policy and Practice Division, American Law Society as well as Division Developmental Psychology) and one section (Child Maltreatment) of the American Psychological Association.