Ariel Gail

Prof. Gail S. Goodman holds an Outstanding Chair in Psychology of the University of California Davis and is Director of the Center for Public Policy Research. The university is widely acknowledged for initiating the contemporary science-based study of children's eyewitness memory, as well as the use of children's victims as witnesses in the legal realm. Professor Goodman is a prolific author and has been awarded numerous prizes and grants. She has been consulted by numerous government agencies and governments across the globe regarding policies and research concerning child victims in 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 former member of numerous professional associations including that of Association for Psychological Science and American Psychological Association. (Divisions Experimental Psychology and Developmental Psychology Society for Children and Families Policy and Practice American Psychology Law Society Psychology of Women and Traumatic Stress 56) Professor Goodman also belongs to the Psychonomics Society and the American Professional Society for the Abuse of Children and International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies. Professor Goodman has been President of three divisions (Division Society for Child and Family Policy and Practice Division American Psychology Law Society and Division Developmental Psychology) and one section (Child Maltreatment) of the American Psychological Association.