Ariel Gail

Prof. Gail S. Goodman holds an Distinguished Chair in Psychology in the University of California Davis and is the director of its Center for Public Policy Research. Her name is often credited for starting the modern scientific study of children's memories of eyewitnesses and children's victims as witnesses in legal circumstances. Professor Goodman publishes widely has received several grants and has been honored with several international and national awards. She has advised many government agencies and governments around the world about policies as well as research related to the treatment of children victims of the law by the system. She is consultant for the Special Assault Forensic Evaluation Center (formerly Multidisciplinary Interview Center) of the Sacramento County Child Protective Services. She is a part of numerous professional associations, including Association for Psychological Science and American Psychological Association. Professor Goodman is a member of 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 as well as the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies. She was 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.