Ariel Gail

Professor Gail S. Goodman has been a distinguished psychologist since 1993. She is also the director of the Center for Public Policy Research, University of California Davis. Her name has been recognized as a pioneer in the field of eyewitness testimony and child witnesses in legal settings. Professor Goodman publishes widely has received many grants and was awarded numerous international and national distinctions. She has advised many authorities and government agencies around all over the world on policy and research relating to the treatment of children victims by the legal system. She currently serves as consultant for the Special Assault Forensic Evaluation Center at Sacramento County Child Protective Services (formerly Multidisciplinary Interview Center). She is a fellow of many professional organizations including those of the Association for Psychological Science and the American Psychological Association (Divisions Experimental Psychology Developmental Psychology Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues Society for Child and Family Policy and Practice American Psychology Law Society Psychology of Traumatic Stress and Women 56). 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 was President of the American Psychological Association Divisions for Policy for Children and Families and Practice Division American Psychology Law Society and Division Developmental Psychology.