Ariel Gail

Professor Gail S. Goodman is the Distinguished Professor of Psychology as well as director of the Center for Public Policy Research at the University of California Davis. It is widely believed that she was the one who starting the modern science-based study of children's eyewitness memory and child victims as witnesses in legal situations. Professor Goodman publishes widely has received numerous grants, and has received numerous award both international and national. She has worked with numerous governments and agencies throughout the globe regarding policies as well as research on child victims within the legal system. She works as a consultant to 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 member of numerous professional groups, such as the Association for Psychological Science and American Psychological Association. She also is a founding members of the American professional Society for the Abuse of Children, the Psychonomics Society Society for Research in Child Development, as well as the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies. Professor Goodman was the chief of the American Psychological Society's three divisions which included Division American Psychology Law Society, Division Developmental Psychology and Division Society for Family and Child the Practice and Policy.