Ariel Gail

Professor Gail S. Goodman teaches psychology at the University of California Davis. She also serves as the head of the Center for Public Policy Research. Her name is well-known for starting modern scientific studies of eyewitness accounts from children's memories and the use of child victimization in court. Professor Goodman has published numerous papers, received many grants and been recognized with many international and national prizes. She has worked with a variety of organisations and governments all over the world to conduct studies and policy issues pertaining to children who are victimized by the justice system. She acts as an expert consultant to the Special Assault Forensic Evaluation Center (formerly Multidisciplinary Interview Center) of the Sacramento County Child Protective Services. She is a fellow of numerous professional associations, including 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 a member of 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 as well as the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies. She was director of three divisions (Division Society for Policy on Child and Family 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.