Ariel Gail

Professor Gail S. Goodman teaches psychology at the University of California Davis. She is also the director of the Center for Public Policy Research. The university is renowned as the pioneer of modern research of child eyewitness memories and utilizing child victims to testify as legal witnesses. Professor Goodman's publications are extensive and she has been awarded numerous grants, and has been the winner of numerous awards both national and internationally. She works with a variety of nations and organizations around the world regarding policies and the research of child abuse in the justice system. She works as a Consultant to the Special Assault Forensic Evaluation Center (formerly known as Multidisciplinary Interview Center - of Sacramento County Child Protective Services. She is a member of numerous professional organizations, such as those of the Association for Psychological Science and American Psychological Association. (Divisions Experimental Psychology Developmental Psychology Society for Child and Family policy and practice American Psychology Law Society Psychology of Women and Traumatic Stress 56) She is a founding member of the American Professional Society for the Abuse of Children, the Psychonomics Society Society for Research in Child Development, and the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies. She was director of 3 divisions (Division Society for Child and Family Policy and Practice Division, American Psychology-Law Society, and Division Developmental Psychology) and one section (Child Maltreatment) of the American Psychological Association.