Ariel Gail

Prof. Gail S. Goodman teaches psychology at the University of California Davis. She also serves as the Director of the Center for Public Policy Research. Her name is well-known for her pioneering modern research of the memory of children as eyewitnesses and also the application of child victimization in court. Prof. Goodman has published numerous papers as well as received numerous grants. She has also received many international and national awards. She has been a consultant to numerous organizations and government officials across the globe on policy and studies on children who are victims of the justice system. She is currently a consultant for the Special Assault Forensic Evaluation Center located at Sacramento County Child Protective Services (formerly Multidisciplinary Interview Center). She is a member of numerous professional associations, including the Association for Psychological Science and American Psychological Association. Professor Goodman is part of the Psychonomics Society Society for Research in Child Development American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children as a founding member of the International Society for the prevention of child abuse and Neglect and International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies. She was the president of the The American Psychological Association's Developmental Division and Division American Psychology Law Society and Division Society for Family and Child policy and practice.