Ariel Gail

Prof. Gail S. Goodman holds an distinguished chair in psychology within the University of California Davis and is the director of its Center for Public Policy Research. It is widely believed that she was the one who beginning the current research into the study of witness memory as well as child victim witnesses within legal situations. Professor Goodman is a prolific writer and has been awarded many grants and was awarded numerous international and national prizes. She has advised numerous administrations and agencies across the world about policies and studies pertaining to the treatment of child victims of the law by the system. She also serves as a consultant for the Special Assault Forensic Evaluation Center. (formerly Multidisciplinary Interview Center) and is a part of Sacramento County Child Protective Services. She is a member of several professional associations, including that of Association for Psychological Science and American Psychological Association. (Divisions Experimental Psychology Developmental Psychology Society for Child and Family Policies and Practice American Psychology Law Society Psychology of Women and Traumatic Stress 56) Professor Goodman belongs to 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 as well as the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies. She was president of American Psychological Association's Developmental Psychology Division and Division American Psychology Law Society and Division Society for Family and Child policy and practice.