Ariel Gail

Professor Gail S. Goodman has been an outstanding professor of psychology since 1993 and director for the Center for Public Policy Research, University of California Davis. Her name is well-known for her pioneering modern research of children's memory as eyewitnesses as well as the role of children victims in court contexts. Professor Goodman publishes widely has received numerous grants, and was awarded numerous international and national distinctions. She has worked with many government agencies and institutions all over the world to conduct studies and policy issues pertaining to child people who are victims of the law. She is also a consultant for the Special Assault Forensic Evaluation Center. (formerly Multidisciplinary Interview Center), of Sacramento County Child Protective Services. She holds memberships in many professional organizations, like the Association for Psychological Science and American Psychological Association. She is the founder of the American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children, the Psychonomics Society Society for Research in Child Development as well as the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies. She was president of the American Psychological Association's Developmental Psychology Division as well as three divisions of Child and Family Policy and Practice Division American Psychology Law Society and Division Developmental Psychology.