Ariel Gail

Prof. Gail S. Goodman, Director of the Psychology Department and Director of the Center for Public Policy Research is at the University of California Davis. The university is renowned for launching the modern science of child eyewitness memories and utilizing child victims to be legal witnesses. Professor Goodman is the author of many research publications as well as numerous awards to her credit she is also the winner of numerous national and global prizes. She has advised many authorities and government agencies around all over the world on policy as well as research related to the treatment of children victims in the justice system. She is a consultant to the Special Assault Forensic Evaluation Center which was previously known as the Multidisciplinary Interview Center - of Sacramento County Child Protective Services. She's a member of a variety of professional organizations, including Association for Psychological Science and American Psychological Association. Professor Goodman is also a member of Psychonomics Society Society for Research in Child Development American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children (Founding Member) International Society for the prevention of child abuse and Neglect and the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies. She has been president of American Psychological Association's Developmental Psychology Division as well as three divisions of the Child and Family Practice and Policy Division American Psychology Law Society and Division Developmental Psychology.