Ariel Gail

Professor Gail S. Goodman teaches psychology at the University of California Davis. She is also the Director of the Center for Public Policy Research. Her name is well-known for her pioneering modern research of the memory of children as eyewitnesses as well as the role of children victims in court contexts. Professor Goodman publishes widely has received several grants and has been honored with several international and national distinctions. She has offered policy and research consultations to numerous agencies and government departments around the globe. She also serves as a consulting for the Special Assault Forensic Evaluation Center. (formerly Multidisciplinary Interview Center), of Sacramento County Child Protective Services. She is a part of numerous professional associations which include the Association for Psychological Science and American Psychological Association. Professor Goodman is also 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 and the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies. She was director of 3 divisions (Division Society for Policy and Child Development as well as Practice Division of the American Psychology-Law Society as well as Division Developmental Psychology) and one Section (Child Maltreatment) of the American Psychological Association.