Ariel Gail

Prof. Gail S. Goodman holds the distinguished chair in psychology at 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 victim witnesses within legal situations. Professor Goodman is a prolific author, has won numerous prizes and grants. She has advised many government agencies and governments around the world about policies and studies pertaining to the treatment of child victims in the justice system. She is a 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 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 also belongs to the Psychonomics Society as well as the American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children and International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies. She was president of the The American Psychological Association's Developmental Division and three Divisions of Children and Families Policy and Practice Division American Psychology Law Society and Division Developmental Psychology.