Ariel Gail

Professor Gail S. Goodman has been an outstanding psychologist since 1993. She is also the director for the Center for Public Policy Research, University of California Davis. She is widely acclaimed for her pioneering work in studying child witnesses and eyewitness memories within legal contexts. Professor Goodman, who has numerous publications and many grants, is also the recipient of a variety of international and national awards. She consults with numerous countries and agencies around the globe regarding policy and the research of child abuse in the justice system. She currently acts as a consultant to the Special Assault Forensic Evaluation Center in Sacramento County Child Protective Services (formerly Multidisciplinary Interview Center). She is a Fellow of both the Association for Psychological Science and American Psychological Association, (Divisions Experimental Psychology and Developmental Psychology Society for Child and Family Practice and Policy American Psychology Law Society Psychology of Women and Traumatic Stress 55). Professor Goodman is a member of 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 International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies. Professor Goodman has served as president of the American Psychological Association's Developmental Psychology Division, as well as three Divisions: Children and Families Policy and Practice Division American Psychology Law Society and Division Developmental Psychology.