Ariel Gail

Prof. Gail S. Goodman holds an Honorary Chair in Psychology of the University of California Davis and is the Director of its Center for Public Policy Research. It is widely believed that she was the one who initiating the contemporary scientific study of children's eyewitness memories and the role of child victims as witnesses in the legal realm. Professor Goodman is a prolific writer she has received grants from numerous sources and received numerous national and international distinctions. She has collaborated with a variety of government agencies and institutions across the world on research and policies relating to children who have been victims of the legal system. She is a consultant for the Special Assault Forensic Evaluation Center of Sacramento County Child Protective Services (formerly Multidisciplinary Interview Center). Professor Goodman is a member in a variety of professional associations, including the Association for Psychological Science and American Psychological Association. Professor Goodman also belongs to the Psychonomics Society and the American Professional Society for the Abuse of Children and International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies. She was president of American Psychological Association's Developmental Psychology Division and Division American Psychology Law Society and Division Society for Child and Family policy and practice.