Ariel Gail

Prof. Gail S. Goodman holds a Honorary Chair in Psychology of the University of California Davis and is Director of the Center for Public Policy Research. She has been widely recognized as a pioneer in the field of child witnesses and eyewitness memories in the context of legal proceedings. Professor Goodman is an prolific writer, has won numerous prizes and grants. She has collaborated with various government agencies and governments across the globe on policy and studies on child victims in the legal system. She serves as a consultant for the Special Assault Forensic Evaluation Center of Sacramento County Child Protective Services (formerly Multidisciplinary Interview Center). She is a member of numerous professional groups, such as 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 for Women and Traumatic Stress). Professor Goodman is also a member of Psychonomics Society and the American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children and International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies. Professor Goodman has been director of three divisions (Division Society for Child and Family Policy as well as Practice Division of the American Psychological Law Society and Division Developmental Psychology) and one Section (Child Maltreatment) of the American Psychological Association.