Ariel Gail

Prof. Gail S. Goodman holds a Honorary Chair in Psychology in the University of California Davis and is the director of its Center for Public Policy Research. She is widely known as the pioneer of modern-day scientific research of eyewitness accounts from children's memories as well as the role of children victimization in court. Prof. Goodman has published numerous papers, received many grants and has been awarded numerous national and international prizes. She has consulted with various countries and agencies around the globe regarding policy and the research of child victimization in the court system. She also serves as a consultant to the Special Assault Forensic Evaluation Center. (formerly Multidisciplinary Interview Center) (formerly Multidisciplinary Interview Center) 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). She was a founder member of the American Professional Society for the Abuse of Children, the Psychonomics Society Society for Research in Child Development and the 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.