Ariel Gail

Prof. Gail S. Goodman, the Distinguished Professor of Psychology and Director of Center for Public Policy Research is at University of California Davis. The university is widely acknowledged for developing the first modern-day scientific study of children's eyewitness memory as well as child victims' witnesses in the legal realm. Professor Goodman publishes widely has received several grants, and has been honored with many national and international awards. She has advised numerous government organizations and government agencies across the globe on policies and studies related to way children are treated by the legal system. She is a consultant for the Special Assault Forensic Evaluation Center (formerly Multidisciplinary Interview Center) of the Sacramento County Child Protective Services. She holds memberships in many professional groups, such as the Association for Psychological Science and American Psychological Association. Professor Goodman is also a participant in Psychonomics Society, the 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. She served as the chief of the American Psychological Society's three divisions which included Division American Psychology Law Society, Division Developmental Psychology and Division Society for Family and Child Policy and Practice.