Ariel Gail

Professor Gail S. Goodman holds a Honorary Chair in Psychology in the University of California Davis and is the director of its Center for Public Policy Research. She is well-known for her pioneering modern research of eyewitness accounts from children's memories and also the application of child victims in court contexts. Professor Goodman publishes widely has received many grants and has received many national and international awards. She has worked with many organisations and governments all over the world to conduct research and policies relating to children who are victimized by the justice system. She serves as a consultant to the Special Assault Forensic Evaluation Center which was previously known as the Multidisciplinary Interview Center - of Sacramento County Child Protective Services. She is a member of numerous professional organizations which include the Association for Psychological Science and American Psychological Association. Professor Goodman is a member of Psychonomics Society, the Psychonomics Society Society for Research in Child Development American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children as a founding Member and International Society for the prevention of child abuse and Neglect and the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies. She served as the head of the America Psychological Association's divisions: Division American Psychology Law Society, Division Developmental Psychology and Division Society for Family and Child Policies and Practice.