Ariel Gail

Professor Gail S. Goodman holds the distinguished chair in psychology at 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 beginning the current research into the study of eyewitness memory and child victim witnesses within lawful situations. Professor Goodman is an prolific writer and has been awarded numerous prizes and grants. She has been a consultant to numerous governments and agencies throughout the globe on policy and research concerning children who are victims of the justice system. She serves as a consultant to the Special Assault Forensic Evaluation Center - formerly Multidisciplinary Interview Center - of Sacramento County Child Protective Services. She is a Fellow in the Association for Psychological Science and American Psychological Association, (Divisions Experimental Psychology Developmental Psychology Society for Children and Families Practice and Policy American Psychology Law Society Psychology of Women and Traumatic Stress 55). Professor Goodman belongs to the Psychonomics Society Society for Research in Child Development American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children as a Founding Member of the International Society for the prevention of child abuse and Neglect as well as the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies. She served as president of the The American Psychological Association's Developmental Division, Division American Psychology Law Society and Division Society for Family and Child Policy and Practice.