Ariel Gail

Prof. Gail S. Goodman has been a distinguished professor of psychology since 1993, and the director of the Center for Public Policy Research, University of California Davis. Her name is widely recognized as the pioneer of modern studies of memory recall by eyewitnesses, and the role of children in witnessing. Professor Goodman is the author of many publications and many grants she is also the winner of a variety of international and national prizes. She has consulted with various countries and agencies around the world regarding policies and research on child abuse in the justice system. She is currently a advisor to the Special Assault Forensic Evaluation Center at Sacramento County Child Protective Services (formerly Multidisciplinary Interview Center). She is a member of numerous professional organizations, including Association for Psychological Science and American Psychological Association. She was a founder member of the American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children, the Psychonomics Society Society for Research in Child Development as well as the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies. She has been president of American Psychological Association's Developmental Psychology Division and three Divisions of Child and Family Policy and Practice Division American Psychology Law Society and Division Developmental Psychology.