Ariel Gail

Prof. Gail S. Goodman teaches psychology at the University of California Davis. The professor is also Director of the Center for Public Policy Research. She is well-known for starting modern scientific studies of the memory of children as eyewitnesses as well as the role of children victims in court contexts. The number of publications by Professor Goodman is extensive and she has been awarded numerous grants, and has been the winner of many honors international and national levels. She has collaborated with numerous organisations and governments around the globe on research and policies relating to children who have been victims of the legal system. She has been a consultant with the Special Assault Forensic Evaluation Center, formerly known as the Multidisciplinary Interview Center of Sacramento County Child Protective Services. She's a member of numerous professional organizations that include 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 as well as the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies. Professor Goodman was the President of the America Psychological Association's divisions: Division American Psychology Law Society, Division Developmental Psychology and Division Society for Family and Child Policies and Practice.