Ariel Gail

Professor Gail S. Goodman, the Distinguished Professor of Psychology and Director of Center for Public Policy Research is a professor at the University of California Davis. The university is widely acknowledged for starting the modern science-based 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 received numerous International and national awards. She has worked with numerous organizations and government officials across the world on policies and research related to children as victims in the legal system. She serves as a consultant for the Special Assault Forensic Evaluation Center in Sacramento County Child Protective Services (formerly Multidisciplinary Interview Center). She is a former member of numerous professional associations including The Association for Psychological Science and American Psychological Association. (Divisions of Experimental Psychology, Developmental Psychology Society for Child and Family Policies and Practice American Psychology Law Society Psychology of Women and Traumatic Stress 56) She is also a founding member of the American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children, the Psychonomics Society Society for Research into Child Development, and the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies. The American Psychological Association's Developmental Division as well as Division American Psychology Law Society and Division Society for Child and Family the Practice and Policy.