Ariel Gail

Prof. Gail S. Goodman has been an outstanding psychologist since 1993. She is also the Director of the Center for Public Policy Research, University of California Davis. She was widely credited with establishing the current study of eyewitnesses' memory, and the role of children in witnessing. Professor Goodman is an prolific writer, has won numerous prizes and grants. She has collaborated with numerous government agencies and institutions all over the world to conduct research and policies relating to child people who are victims of the law. She is a consultant at the Special Assault Forensic Evaluation Center which was previously known as The Multidisciplinary Interview Center of Sacramento County Child Protective Services. 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 55). Professor Goodman is a member of the Psychonomics Society Society for Research in Child Development American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children (Founding Member) International Society for the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect as well as the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies. Professor Goodman has been the president of 3 divisions (Division Society for Child and Family Policy as well as Practice Division of the American Psychological Law Society, and Division Developmental Psychology) and one Section (Child Maltreatment) of the American Psychological Association.