Ariel Gail

Professor Gail S. Goodman holds the Honorary Chair in Psychology at the University of California Davis and is Director of the Center for Public Policy Research. Her name has been recognized for pioneering the study of child witnesses and eyewitness memories within legal contexts. Professor Goodman is an prolific writer and has been awarded several prizes and grants. She has consulted with various countries and agencies around the world on policies as well as the study of child abuse in the justice system. She is a consultant to the Special Assault Forensic Evaluation Center (formerly known as Multidisciplinary Interview Center - of Sacramento County Child Protective Services. She was a part of several professional associations, which include those of the Association for Psychological Science and American Psychological Association. (Divisions Experimental Psychology Developmental Psychology Society for Child and Family Policies and Practice American Psychology Law Society Psychology of Women and Traumatic Stress 56) She is a founding member of the American Professional Society for 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 has been director of 3 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.