Ariel Gail

Professor Gail S. Goodman holds the Honorary Chair in Psychology in the University of California Davis and is Director of the Center for Public Policy Research. She was widely credited as the pioneer of modern studies of eyewitnesses' memory, and children as witnesses. Professor Goodman is a prolific writer and has been awarded many grants and has been honored with several international and national distinctions. She has provided consulting on research and policy to numerous agencies and government departments from all over the world. She is currently a consultant to the Special Assault Forensic Evaluation Center in Sacramento County Child Protective Services (formerly Multidisciplinary Interview Center). She was a part of several professional associations which include those of the Association for Psychological Science and American Psychological Association. (Divisions of Experimental Psychology, Developmental Psychology Society for Children and Families Policies and Practice American Psychology Law Society Psychology of Women and Traumatic Stress 56) She is a founding 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. Professor Goodman was the head of the The American Psychological Association's 3 divisions, Division American Psychology Law Society, Division Developmental Psychology and Division Society for Children and Families policy and practice.