Ariel Gail

Professor Gail S. Goodman holds an Distinguished Chair in Psychology at the University of California Davis and is the Director of its Center for Public Policy Research. Her name has been recognized for her pioneering work in studying eyewitness testimony and child witnesses in legal settings. Professor Goodman published widely and has won many grants and was awarded numerous international and national prizes. She has worked with many government agencies and institutions all over the world to conduct research and policies relating to child people who are victims of the law. She is also a consultant for the Special Assault Forensic Evaluation Center. (formerly Multidisciplinary Interview Center) (formerly Multidisciplinary Interview Center) Sacramento County Child Protective Services. She is a part of numerous professional associations, including Association for Psychological Science and American Psychological Association. She is the founder of the American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children, the Psychonomics Society Society for Research in Child Development and the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies. Professor Goodman has been director of 3 divisions (Division Society for Child and Family Policy and Practice Division, American Psychology Law Society, and Division Developmental Psychology) and one section (Child Maltreatment) of the American Psychological Association.