Ariel Gail

Prof. Gail S. Goodman holds an Honorary Chair in Psychology in the University of California Davis and is the director of its Center for Public Policy Research. It is believed that she was the one responsible as the pioneer of modern studies of the memory of witnesses and also children's witnesses. Professor Goodman has published extensively, received many grants and received many international and national prizes. She has advised a variety of authorities and government agencies around the globe on policies as well as research related to the treatment of child victims by the legal system. She currently serves as consultant for the Special Assault Forensic Evaluation Center in Sacramento County Child Protective Services (formerly Multidisciplinary Interview Center). She is a member 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 trauma stress 56). Professor Goodman also belongs to the Psychonomics Society, American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children and International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies. She was president of 3 divisions (Division Society for Policy on Child and Family and Practice Division, American Psychology Law Society and Division Developmental Psychology) and one Section (Child Maltreatment) of the American Psychological Association.