Ariel Gail

Professor Gail S. Goodman has been an outstanding professor of psychology since 1993. She is also the director of the Center for Public Policy Research, University of California Davis. Her name is widely recognized with establishing the current study of memory recall by eyewitnesses, and children as witnesses. Professor Goodman publishes widely has received numerous grants, and has received several international and national distinctions. She has consulted with various nations and organizations around the world regarding policies and the research of children's victimization within the court system. She currently serves as consultant to the Special Assault Forensic Evaluation Center at Sacramento County Child Protective Services (formerly Multidisciplinary Interview Center). She is a fellow of several professional organizations, such as the Association for Psychological Science and the American Psychological Association (Divisions Experimental Psychology Developmental Psychology Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues Society for Child and Family Policy and Practice American Psychology Law Society Psychology of women and trauma stress 56). Prof. Goodman is a fellow of the Psychonomics Society Society for Research in Child Development American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children as well as the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies. She is the former President of the American Psychological Association Divisions for Policy for Children and Families and Practice Division American Psychology Law Society and Division Developmental Psychology.