Ariel Gail

Professor 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. Her name has been recognized as a pioneer in the field of eyewitness testimony and child witnesses in legal settings. Professor Goodman has published widely, received many grants and received numerous national and international prizes. She works with a variety of countries and agencies around the world regarding policies as well as the study of child victimization in the court system. She is a consultant for the Special Assault Forensic Evaluation Center (formerly known as Multidisciplinary Interview Center - of Sacramento County Child Protective Services. She is a member of several professional organizations, such as 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 trauma stress 56). She is a founding member of the American Professional Society for the Abuse of Children, the Psychonomics Society Society for Research in Child Development as well as the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies. She has served as president of 3 divisions (Division Society for Policy on Child and Family and Practice Division, American Psychology Law Society as well as Division Developmental Psychology) and one Section (Child Maltreatment) of the American Psychological Association.