Ariel Gail

Prof. Gail S. Goodman is Distinguished Professor of Psychology and Director of the Center for Public Policy Research at the University of California Davis. She is well-known as the pioneer of modern-day scientific research of eyewitness accounts from children's memories as well as the role of children victims in court contexts. Professor Goodman published widely and has won numerous grants, and has received several international and national prizes. She has collaborated with numerous governments and organizations all over the world to conduct research and policies relating to children who are people who are victims of the law. Additionally, she provides consultant to the Special Assault Forensic Evaluation Center. (formerly Multidisciplinary Interview Center), of Sacramento County Child Protective Services. She is a member of numerous professional associations, including the Association for Psychological Science and American Psychological Association. Professor Goodman is also a member of Psychonomics Society as well as the American Professional Society for the Abuse of Children and International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies. She has served as director of 3 divisions (Division Society for Policy on Child and Family as well as Practice Division of the American Psychology Law Society and Division Developmental Psychology) and one Section (Child Maltreatment) of the American Psychological Association.