Ariel Gail

Prof. Gail S. Goodman has been an accomplished psychologist since 1993, and the director of the Center for Public Policy Research, University of California Davis. Her name is widely recognized with establishing the current study of eyewitnesses' memory, and also children's witnesses. Professor Goodman publishes widely has received many grants and was awarded several international and national prizes. She has consulted with various countries and agencies around the world regarding policies and the research of children's victimization within the court system. She is a consultant for the Special Assault Forensic Evaluation Center - formerly Multidisciplinary Interview Center - of Sacramento County Child Protective Services. She was a part of numerous professional organizations, including 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 56) Professor Goodman is also a member of the Psychonomics Society Society for Research in Child Development American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children (Founding Member) International Society for the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect and the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies. She is the former president of American Psychological Association Divisions for Policy for Children and Families and Practice Division American Psychology Law Society and Division Developmental Psychology.