Ariel Gail

Prof. Gail S. Goodman teaches psychology at the University of California Davis. She is also the head of the Center for Public Policy Research. The university is renowned for her pioneering the science of child eyewitness memories and using child victims to testify as legal witnesses. The number of publications by Professor Goodman is extensive and she has been awarded numerous grants and is the recipient of numerous awards the national level and international. She has worked with various government agencies and governments across the globe on policy and studies on children as victims within the legal system. She currently acts as a consultant for the Special Assault Forensic Evaluation Center at Sacramento County Child Protective Services (formerly Multidisciplinary Interview Center). She is also a Fellow of the Association for Psychological Science and American Psychological Association, (Divisions Experimental Psychology and Developmental Psychology Society for Children and Families Practice and Policy American Psychology Law Society Psychology of Women and Traumatic Stress 55). She was a founder member of the American Professional Society for the Abuse of Children, the Psychonomics Society Society for Research into Child Development and the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies. Professor Goodman was the president of American Psychological Association's three divisions: Division American Psychology Law Society, Division Developmental Psychology and Division Society for Child and Family Policies and Practice.