Ariel Gail

Prof. Gail S. Goodman holds a Honorary Chair in Psychology at the University of California Davis and is the director of its Center for Public Policy Research. She is widely credited with beginning the current science-based study of children's memories of eyewitnesses and children's victims as witnesses in lawful situations. Professor Goodman has published widely, received many grants and has been awarded many international and national distinctions. She has offered policy and research consultations to many agencies and departments from all over the world. She is currently a advisor to the Special Assault Forensic Evaluation Center at Sacramento County Child Protective Services (formerly Multidisciplinary Interview Center). She is also a fellow of both the Association for Psychological Science and American Psychological Association, (Divisions Experimental Psychology Developmental Psychology Society for Child and Family Policy and Practice American Psychology Law Society Psychology of Women and Traumatic Stress 56). Professor. Goodman is a fellow of the Psychonomics Society Society for Research in Child Development American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children and the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies. She has served as director of 3 divisions (Division Society for Policy on Child and Family and Practice Division, American Psychology Law Society and Division Developmental Psychology) and one section (Child Maltreatment) of the American Psychological Association.