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. She was widely credited for initiating the modern study of eyewitnesses' memory, and the role of children in witnessing. Professor Goodman publishes widely has received numerous grants, and has been honored with numerous international and national distinctions. She has consulted with numerous governments and agencies throughout the world on policies and research concerning children as victims within the legal system. She is also a consultant for the Special Assault Forensic Evaluation Center. (formerly Multidisciplinary Interview Center) and is a part of Sacramento County Child Protective Services. She was a part of several professional associations, 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 a fellow of the Psychonomics Society Society for Research in Child Development American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children as well as the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies. She was president of the The American Psychological Association's Developmental Division as well as three divisions of the Child and Family Practice and Policy Division American Psychology Law Society and Division Developmental Psychology.