Ariel Gail

Prof. Gail S. Goodman teaches psychology at the University of California Davis. She is also the head of the Center for Public Policy Research. She is widely acclaimed for her pioneering work in studying child witnesses and eyewitness memories in the legal setting. Prof. Goodman has published numerous papers she has received grants from numerous sources and received many international and national prizes. She works with a variety of countries and agencies around the globe regarding policy as well as the study of children's victimization within the court system. She serves as a consultant to the Special Assault Forensic Evaluation Center - formerly Multidisciplinary Interview Center - of Sacramento County Child Protective Services. She holds memberships in many professional associations, including the Association for Psychological Science and American Psychological Association. Professor Goodman belongs to Psychonomics Society, the Psychonomics Society Society for Research in Child Development American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children as a Founding Member of the International Society for the prevention of child abuse and Neglect as well as the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies. Professor Goodman has served as president of American Psychological Association's Developmental Psychology Division, as well as three Divisions: Children and Families Policy and Practice Division American Psychology Law Society and Division Developmental Psychology.