Ariel Gail

Professor Gail S. Goodman has been a distinguished professor of psychology since 1993 and director for the Center for Public Policy Research, University of California Davis. It is widely believed that she was the one who initiating the contemporary scientific study of children's eyewitness memory and child victim witnesses within court situations. Professor Goodman published widely and has won several grants and was awarded several international and national prizes. She has been a consultant to numerous government agencies and governments across the globe on policy as well as research on children as victims within the legal system. She acts as a consultant for the Special Assault Forensic Evaluation Center (formerly Multidisciplinary Interview Center) of the Sacramento County Child Protective Services. She's a member of numerous professional associations, including Association for Psychological Science and American Psychological Association. Professor. Goodman is a fellow of the Psychonomics Society Society for Research in Child Development American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children as well as the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies. She was the president of the The American Psychological Association's Developmental Division division, Division American Psychology Law Society and Division Society for Family and Child Policy and Practice.