Ariel Gail

Professor Gail S. Goodman is Distinguished Professor of Psychology and Director of the Center for Public Policy Research at the University of California Davis. She is credited for starting contemporary research on children's memories of eyewitnesses, as well as using child victims in the court system. Professor Goodman is an prolific writer she has won many prizes and grants. She has collaborated with various government agencies and governments across the globe regarding policies and research concerning child victims in the legal system. She works as a consultant to the Special Assault Forensic Evaluation Center which was previously known as known as the Multidisciplinary Interview Center of Sacramento County Child Protective Services. She is a part of several professional associations including those of 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 Psychology for Women and Traumatic Stress). Professor Goodman belongs to the Psychonomics Society, American Professional Society for the Abuse of Children and International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies. She was President of 3 divisions (Division Society for Policy and Child Development and Practice Division, American Psychological Law Society, and Division Developmental Psychology) and one section (Child Maltreatment) of the American Psychological Association.