Ariel Gail

Prof. Gail S. Goodman has been a distinguished professor of psychology since 1993, and the Director of the Center for Public Policy Research, University of California Davis. She is widely acknowledged as the pioneer of modern research of eyewitness memory in children as well as using children who have been abused to be legal witnesses. Professor Goodman publishes widely has received many grants and was awarded many national and international prizes. She has offered advice on policy and research to numerous agencies and government departments across the world. Additionally, she provides consultant for the Special Assault Forensic Evaluation Center. (formerly Multidisciplinary Interview Center) (formerly Multidisciplinary Interview Center) Sacramento County Child Protective Services. 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 Psychological Psychology of Traumatic Stress and Women 56). She was a founder member of the American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children, the Psychonomics Society Society for Research into Child Development, and the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies. She has served as director of 3 divisions (Division Society for Policy and Child Development and Practice Division American Psychology-Law Society and Division Developmental Psychology) and one section (Child Maltreatment) of the American Psychological Association.