Ariel Gail

Professor Gail S. Goodman holds the distinguished chair in psychology at the University of California Davis and is Director of the Center for Public Policy Research. She is widely acclaimed for pioneering the study of witness testimony by children and the eyewitness memory in the legal setting. Professor Goodman is a prolific writer and has been awarded several grants and has been honored with several international and national awards. She works with a variety of nations and organizations around the world on policies and the research of child victimization in the court system. She serves as a consultant for the Special Assault Forensic Evaluation Center (formerly known as Multidisciplinary Interview Center - of Sacramento County Child Protective Services. She is a member of a variety of professional organizations 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 International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies. She has served as director of 3 divisions (Division Society for Policy on Child and Family and Practice Division American Psychology Law Society, and Division Developmental Psychology) and one Section (Child Maltreatment) of the American Psychological Association.