Ariel Gail

Prof. Gail S. Goodman holds an distinguished chair in psychology within the University of California Davis and is Director of the Center for Public Policy Research. She has been widely recognized for being the pioneer of research into child witnesses and eyewitness memories in the context of legal proceedings. Professor Goodman publishes widely has received several grants, and has been honored with many national and international awards. She has provided advice to numerous government organizations and government agencies across the globe on policies and research relating to the care of children who are victims through the legal system. She works as a consultant to the Special Assault Forensic Evaluation Center and was previously known as the Multidisciplinary Interview Center of Sacramento County Child Protective Services. She is a fellow of numerous professional groups, 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 Traumatic Stress 56). Professor Goodman is also a member of the Psychonomics Society as well as the American Professional Society for the Abuse of Children and International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies. She served as the director of 3 divisions (Division Society for Policy and Child Development and Practice Division, American Psychology-Law Society, and Division Developmental Psychology) and one section (Child Maltreatment) of the American Psychological Association.