Ariel Gail

Prof. Gail S. Goodman has been an accomplished psychologist since 1993. She is also the director for the Center for Public Policy Research, University of California Davis. She is widely known for starting modern scientific studies of eyewitness accounts from children's memories as well as the role of children victimization in court. Professor Goodman has published widely, received many grants and has been awarded several international and national distinctions. She consults with numerous countries and agencies around the globe regarding policy as well as the study of child victimization in the court system. She has been a consultant with the Special Assault Forensic Evaluation Center and was previously The Multidisciplinary Interview Center of Sacramento County Child Protective Services. She is a fellow of several professional organizations, such as 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 of women and trauma stress 56). Professor Goodman is a member of 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 the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies. She has served as the president of three divisions (Division Society for Policy and Child Development as well as Practice Division of the American Psychology Law Society, and Division Developmental Psychology) and one section (Child Maltreatment) of the American Psychological Association.