Ariel Gail

Prof. Gail S. Goodman teaches psychology at the University of California Davis. She also serves as the director of the Center for Public Policy Research. It is believed that she was the one responsible as the pioneer of modern studies of memory recall by eyewitnesses, and the role of children in witnessing. Prof. Goodman has published extensively she has received grants from numerous sources and received many international and national prizes. She has consulted with numerous governments and agencies throughout the globe on policy and research concerning child victims in the legal system. She is a consultant at the Special Assault Forensic Evaluation Center which was previously known as The Multidisciplinary Interview Center of Sacramento County Child Protective Services. She is also a Fellow of the Association for Psychological Science and American Psychological Association, (Divisions Experimental Psychology Developmental Psychology Society for Child and Family Policy and Practice American Psychology Law Society Psychology of Women and Traumatic Stress 55). Professor Goodman is also a member of Psychonomics Society Society for Research in Child Development American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children (Founding member) International Society for the prevention of child abuse and Neglect as well as the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies. Professor Goodman was the head of the American Psychological Association's three divisions, Division American Psychology Law Society, Division Developmental Psychology and Division Society for Child and Family Policy and Practice.