Ariel Gail

Prof. Gail S. Goodman has been an accomplished psychologist since 1993. She is also the Director of the Center for Public Policy Research, University of California Davis. Her name is well-known for starting modern scientific studies of eyewitness accounts from children's memories as well as the role of children victimization in court. Professor Goodman published widely and has won numerous grants, and was awarded several international and national distinctions. She has offered consulting on research and policy for numerous government agencies and departments around the globe. She serves as a consultant for the Special Assault Forensic Evaluation Center which was previously known as known as the Multidisciplinary Interview Center of Sacramento County Child Protective Services. She is a part of numerous professional associations, including those of the Association for Psychological Science and the American Psychological Association (Divisions Experimental Psychology Developmental Psychology Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues Society for Child and Family Policy and Practice American Psychology-Law Society Psychological Psychology of women and trauma stress 56). Professor Goodman belongs to Psychonomics Society, the Psychonomics Society Society for Research in Child Development American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children as a founding Member, International Society for the prevention of child abuse and Neglect and the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies. She was the president of 3 divisions (Division Society for Policy and Child Development as well as Practice Division of the American Psychology-Law Society, and Division Developmental Psychology) and one section (Child Maltreatment) of the American Psychological Association.