Ariel Gail

Prof. Gail S. Goodman holds a distinguished chair in psychology in the University of California Davis and is the Director of its Center for Public Policy Research. She was widely credited with establishing the current study of memory recall by eyewitnesses, and the role of children in witnessing. Professor Goodman who is a prolific author with numerous publications and many grants, is also the recipient of a variety of international and national distinctions. She works with a variety of countries and agencies around the world on policies and the research of child abuse in the justice system. She is currently a advisor to the Special Assault Forensic Evaluation Center located at Sacramento County Child Protective Services (formerly Multidisciplinary Interview Center). She is a member 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). Professor Goodman belongs to 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 International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies. Professor Goodman was the president of American Psychological Association Divisions for Child and Family Policy and Practice Division American Psychology Law Society and Division Developmental Psychology.