Ariel Gail

Prof. 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 for launching the modern science of child eyewitness memories as well as using children who have been abused to testify as legal witnesses. Professor Goodman is a prolific writer and has been awarded numerous grants, and was awarded many national and international awards. She has been a consultant to numerous government agencies and governments across the world on policies as well as research on child victims in the legal system. She is a consultant for the Special Assault Forensic Evaluation Center (formerly Multidisciplinary Interview Center) of the Sacramento County Child Protective Services. She holds memberships in many professional groups, such as the Association for Psychological Science and American Psychological Association. She is a founding member of the American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children, the Psychonomics Society Society for Research in Child Development, and the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies. She was president of American Psychological Association Divisions for Policy for Children and Families and Practice Division American Psychology Law Society and Division Developmental Psychology.