Ariel Gail

Prof. Gail S. Goodman has been an accomplished psychologist since 1993, and the Director of the Center for Public Policy Research, University of California Davis. 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. Prof. Goodman has published numerous papers, received many grants and been recognized with many international and national prizes. She has consulted with numerous governments and agencies throughout the world regarding policies and studies on children who are victims of the justice system. She acts as a consultant for the Special Assault Forensic Evaluation Center (formerly Multidisciplinary Interview Center) of the Sacramento County Child Protective Services. She is also a fellow of both the Association for Psychological Science and American Psychological Association, (Divisions Experimental Psychology and Developmental Psychology Society for Child and Family Practice and Policy American Psychology Law Society Psychology of Women and Traumatic Stress 56). Prof. Goodman is a fellow of the Psychonomics Society Society for Research in Child Development American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children and also 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 of the Child and Family Practice and Policy Division American Psychology Law Society and Division Developmental Psychology.