Ariel Gail

Prof. Gail S. Goodman holds a distinguished chair in psychology within the University of California Davis and is the Director of its Center for Public Policy Research. She was widely credited as the pioneer of modern studies of the memory of witnesses and also children's witnesses. Professor Goodman publishes widely has received several grants and has been honored with several international and national awards. She has consulted with various countries and agencies around the world regarding policies and the research of child abuse in the justice system. She also serves as a consultant to the Special Assault Forensic Evaluation Center. (formerly Multidisciplinary Interview Center) and is a part of Sacramento County Child Protective Services. She was a part of numerous professional organizations, such as the Association for Psychological Science and American Psychological Association. (Divisions of Experimental Psychology, Developmental Psychology Society for Children and Families Policies and Practice American Psychology Law Society Psychology of Women and Traumatic Stress 56) Professor Goodman also belongs to the Psychonomics Society, the American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children and International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies. She was President of the American Psychological Association's three divisions: Division American Psychology Law Society, Division Developmental Psychology and Division Society for Child and Family Policies and Practice.