Ariel Gail

Prof. Gail S. Goodman has been a distinguished professor of psychology since 1993 and director for the Center for Public Policy Research, University of California Davis. She is widely acknowledged as the pioneer of modern research of eyewitness memory in children and utilizing child victims to testify as legal witnesses. Her publications are numerous, she has received numerous grants and is the recipient of many awards at both national and internationally. She works with a variety of governments and agencies across the world on policies as well as the study of child abuse in the justice system. She serves as a consultant to the Special Assault Forensic Evaluation Center - formerly Multidisciplinary Interview Center - of Sacramento County Child Protective Services. She holds memberships in many professional organizations, like the Association for Psychological Science and American Psychological Association. Professor Goodman also belongs to the Psychonomics Society, the American Professional Society for the Abuse of Children and International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies. She served as president of the American Psychological Association's Developmental Psychology Division division, Division American Psychology Law Society and Division Society for Family and Child policy and practice.