Ariel Gail

Professor Gail S. Goodman holds the Distinguished Chair in Psychology within the University of California Davis and is Director of the Center for Public Policy Research. Her name is often credited for initiating the contemporary science-based study of children's eyewitness memory, as well as the use of children's victims as witnesses in legal situations. Professor Goodman is an prolific writer and has been awarded numerous prizes and grants. She has worked with numerous government agencies and governments across the world regarding policy guidelines and research concerning children who are victims of the justice system. She has been a consultant with the Special Assault Forensic Evaluation Center and was previously the Multidisciplinary Interview Center of Sacramento County Child Protective Services. She was a part of a variety of professional organizations, including those of the Association for Psychological Science and American Psychological Association. (Divisions of Experimental Psychology, Developmental Psychology Society for Children and Families Policies and Practice American Psychology Law Society Psychology of Women and Traumatic Stress 56) Professor Goodman is also a member of Psychonomics Society and the American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children and International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies. She was director of three divisions (Division Society for Policy and Child Development Practice Division and the Society for Child Policy American Psychology-Law Society, and Division Developmental Psychology) and one Section (Child Maltreatment) of the American Psychological Association.