Ariel Gail

Professor Gail S. Goodman, the Distinguished Professor of Psychology and Director of the Center for Public Policy Research is a professor at University of California Davis. She has been widely recognized for her pioneering work in studying eyewitness testimony and child witnesses in the legal setting. Professor Goodman is an prolific writer, has won many awards and grants. She has provided advice on policy and research to numerous agencies and government departments around the globe. She is a consultant for the Special Assault Forensic Evaluation Center (formerly known as Multidisciplinary Interview Center - of Sacramento County Child Protective Services. She is a part of many professional organizations including 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 Psychological Psychology of Women and Traumatic Stress 56). She was a founder member of the American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children, the Psychonomics Society Society for Research in Child Development as well as the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies. She has served as the president of three divisions (Division Society for Policy and Child Development and Practice Division American Psychological Law Society and Division Developmental Psychology) and one section (Child Maltreatment) of the American Psychological Association.