Ariel Gail

Prof. Gail S. Goodman has been an accomplished professor of psychology since 1993. She is also the director for the Center for Public Policy Research, University of California Davis. Her name has been recognized for pioneering the study of witness testimony by children and the eyewitness memory in legal settings. Professor Goodman published widely and has won many grants and was awarded numerous international and national awards. She has worked with various organizations and government officials across the world regarding policies as well as research on child victims in the legal system. She is a consultant at the Special Assault Forensic Evaluation Center which was previously known as known as the Multidisciplinary Interview Center of Sacramento County Child Protective Services. She is a Fellow of the Association for Psychological Science and American Psychological Association, (Divisions Experimental Psychology Developmental Psychology Society for Children and Families Policy and Practice American Psychology Law Society Psychology of Women and Traumatic Stress 57). Professor Goodman is a member of the Psychonomics Society Society for Research in Child Development American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children as a founding member, International Society for the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect and the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies. Professor Goodman has been director of 3 divisions (Division Society for Child and Family Policy and Practice Division American Psychological Law Society and Division Developmental Psychology) and one Section (Child Maltreatment) of the American Psychological Association.