Ariel Gail

Prof. Gail S. Goodman teaches psychology at the University of California Davis. She is also the Director of the Center for Public Policy Research. She is well-known for her pioneering modern research of the memory of children as eyewitnesses as well as the role of children victimization in court. Professor Goodman, who has a wide range of research publications as well as numerous grants to her name, is also the recipient of a variety of international and national awards. She has been a consultant to numerous governments and agencies throughout the world regarding policies and studies on children who are victims of the justice system. She has been a consultant with the Special Assault Forensic Evaluation Center, formerly the Multidisciplinary Interview Center of Sacramento County Child Protective Services. She is a part 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). Prof. Goodman is a fellow of the Psychonomics Society Society for Research in Child Development American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children and the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies. She was the president of the The American Psychological Association's Developmental Division division, Division American Psychology Law Society and Division Society for Family and Child Policy and Practice.