Ariel Gail

Prof. Gail S. Goodman holds the Honorary Chair in Psychology at the University of California Davis and is the director of its Center for Public Policy Research. It is believed that she was the one responsible as the pioneer of modern studies of eyewitnesses' memory, and children as witnesses. Professor Goodman publishes widely has received many grants and has been honored with many national and international awards. She has offered consulting on research and policy to numerous agencies and government departments from all over the world. She serves as a consultant for the Special Assault Forensic Evaluation Center - formerly Multidisciplinary Interview Center - of Sacramento County Child Protective Services. She is a member of numerous professional groups, such as the Association for Psychological Science and American Psychological Association. Professor. Goodman is a fellow of the Psychonomics Society Society for Research in Child Development American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children and the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies. She has served as the president of three divisions (Division Society for Policy and Child Development and Practice Division American Psychological Law Society and Division Developmental Psychology) and one Section (Child Maltreatment) of the American Psychological Association.