Ariel Gail

Professor Gail S. Goodman holds the distinguished chair in psychology at the University of California Davis and is Director of the Center for Public Policy Research. She is widely acclaimed for her pioneering work in studying witness testimony by children and the eyewitness memory in legal settings. Professor Goodman is the author of many research publications as well as numerous grants she is also the winner of numerous international and national distinctions. She has consulted with various nations and organizations around the world regarding policies as well as the study of child abuse in the justice system. She also serves as a consultant to the Special Assault Forensic Evaluation Center. (formerly Multidisciplinary Interview Center) (formerly Multidisciplinary Interview Center) Sacramento County Child Protective Services. She is a Fellow in the Association for Psychological Science and American Psychological Association, (Divisions Experimental Psychology Developmental Psychology Society for Children and Families Policy and Practice American Psychology Law Society Psychology of Women and Traumatic Stress 55). 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 served as president of the American Psychological Association's Developmental Psychology Division division, Division American Psychology Law Society and Division Society for Family and Child policy and practice.