Ariel Gail

Professor Gail S. Goodman holds the title of Outstanding Chair in Psychology in the University of California Davis and is the Director of its Center for Public Policy Research. The university is widely acknowledged for beginning the current investigation of the scientific study of children's eyeswitness memory, as well as the use of children's victims as witnesses in the legal realm. Professor Goodman has published widely she has received grants from numerous sources and was awarded many international and national awards. She has consulted with numerous organizations and government officials across the globe regarding policies as well as research on children who are victims of the justice system. She works as a consultant to the Special Assault Forensic Evaluation Center and was previously The Multidisciplinary Interview Center of Sacramento County Child Protective Services. She is a fellow of numerous professional groups, such as The Association for Psychological Science and the American Psychological Association (Divisions Experimental Psychology Developmental Psychology Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues Society for Child and Family Policy and Practice American Psychology Law Society Psychological Psychology for Women and Traumatic Stress). Professor Goodman is also a member of Psychonomics Society, 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 Practice Division and the Society for Child Policy American Psychological Law Society and Division Developmental Psychology) and one Section (Child Maltreatment) of the American Psychological Association.