Ariel Gail

Professor Gail S. Goodman has been a distinguished psychologist since 1993 and Director of the Center for Public Policy Research, University of California Davis. It is believed that she was the one responsible as the pioneer of modern studies of eyewitnesses' memory, and also children's witnesses. Professor Goodman publishes widely has received numerous grants, and was awarded numerous international and national awards. She has been a consultant to numerous government agencies and governments across the world on policies as well as research on child victims in the legal system. She currently acts as a consultant to the Special Assault Forensic Evaluation Center at Sacramento County Child Protective Services (formerly Multidisciplinary Interview Center). She is a fellow of several professional organizations, such as 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 of women and trauma stress 56). She was a founder member of the American Professional Society for the Abuse of Children, the Psychonomics Society Society for Research into Child Development, and the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies. She has served as the president of 3 divisions (Division Society for Policy and Child Development as well as Practice Division of the American Psychological Law Society, and Division Developmental Psychology) and one section (Child Maltreatment) of the American Psychological Association.