Ariel Gail

Professor Gail S. Goodman has been a distinguished professor of psychology since 1993 and director of the Center for Public Policy Research, University of California Davis. Her name is widely recognized for initiating the modern study of the memory of witnesses and also children's witnesses. Prof. Goodman has published numerous papers, received many grants and been recognized with numerous national and international prizes. She has advised a variety of authorities and government agencies around all over the world on policy as well as research related to the treatment of children victims by the legal system. She currently acts as a consultant for the Special Assault Forensic Evaluation Center in Sacramento County Child Protective Services (formerly Multidisciplinary Interview Center). She is a member of several professional associations, which include the Association for Psychological Science and American Psychological Association. (Divisions Experimental Psychology Developmental Psychology Society for Child and Family Policies and Practice American Psychology Law Society Psychology of Women and Traumatic Stress 56) Professor Goodman is also a member of Psychonomics Society, American Professional Society for the Abuse of Children and International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies. Professor Goodman has been the president of three divisions (Division Society for Policy and Child Development and Practice Division, American Psychological Law Society, and Division Developmental Psychology) and one section (Child Maltreatment) of the American Psychological Association.