Ariel Gail

Prof. Gail S. Goodman teaches psychology at the University of California Davis. The professor is also Director of the Center for Public Policy Research. She is widely credited with beginning the current research into the study of witness memory as well as child victim witnesses within court contexts. Her publications are numerous She has also received a number of grants and has been the recipient of many honors international and national levels. She has advised numerous administrations and agencies across all over the world on policy and research relating to the treatment of child victims by the legal system. She also serves as a consulting for the Special Assault Forensic Evaluation Center. (formerly Multidisciplinary Interview Center) and is a part of Sacramento County Child Protective Services. She is a part of numerous professional associations, including Association for Psychological Science and American Psychological Association. Professor Goodman also belongs to the Psychonomics Society as well as the American Professional Society for the Abuse of Children and International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies. She has served as president of three divisions (Division Society for Policy and Child Development and Practice Division, American Psychology Law Society, and Division Developmental Psychology) and one section (Child Maltreatment) of the American Psychological Association.