Ariel Gail

Prof. Gail S. Goodman has been an outstanding professor of psychology since 1993. She is also the director for the Center for Public Policy Research, University of California Davis. She was widely credited for initiating the modern study of eyewitnesses' memory, and children as witnesses. Professor Goodman published widely and has won numerous grants, and was awarded many national and international distinctions. She has worked with a variety of government agencies and institutions all over the world to conduct studies and policy issues pertaining to child victimized by the justice system. She works as a Consultant to the Special Assault Forensic Evaluation Center - formerly Multidisciplinary Interview Center - of Sacramento County Child Protective Services. She's a member of numerous professional associations which include the Association for Psychological Science and American Psychological Association. Professor Goodman also belongs to the Psychonomics Society, the American Professional Society for the Abuse of Children and International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies. She was director of three divisions (Division Society for Child and Family Policy and Practice Division, American Psychology-Law Society and Division Developmental Psychology) and one Section (Child Maltreatment) of the American Psychological Association.