Ariel Gail

Professor Gail S. Goodman has been an outstanding psychologist since 1993 and director for the Center for Public Policy Research, University of California Davis. She has been widely recognized as a pioneer in the field of eyewitness testimony and child witnesses in the legal setting. Professor Goodman is an prolific writer who has received several prizes and grants. She has collaborated with numerous government agencies and institutions all over the world to conduct studies and policy issues pertaining to children who have been victimized by the justice system. She has been a consultant with the Special Assault Forensic Evaluation Center which was previously known as known as the Multidisciplinary Interview Center of Sacramento County Child Protective Services. She is a Fellow in the Association for Psychological Science and American Psychological Association, (Divisions Experimental Psychology Developmental Psychology Society for Children and Families Practice and Policy American Psychology Law Society Psychology of Women and Traumatic Stress 56). Professor Goodman is also a member of Psychonomics Society, the American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children and International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies. She served as president of the The American Psychological Association's Developmental Division and Division American Psychology Law Society and Division Society for Family and Child Policy and Practice.