Ariel Gail

Prof. Gail S. Goodman has been an accomplished psychologist since 1993 and director for the Center for Public Policy Research, University of California Davis. She is well-known as the pioneer of modern-day scientific research of the memory of children as eyewitnesses and also the application of child victims in court settings. Prof. Goodman has published numerous papers, received many grants and has been awarded many international and national awards. She has worked with various organizations and government officials across the world on policies and studies on child victims in the legal system. She works as a Consultant for the Special Assault Forensic Evaluation Center which was previously known as the Multidisciplinary Interview Center - of Sacramento County Child Protective Services. She is a Fellow of the Association for Psychological Science and American Psychological Association, (Divisions Experimental Psychology Developmental Psychology Society for Child and Family Policy and Practice American Psychology Law Society Psychology of Women and Traumatic Stress 55). Professor Goodman is part of Psychonomics Society, the Psychonomics Society Society for Research in Child Development American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children as a Founding Member, International Society for the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect and International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies. She was the 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.