Ariel Gail

Prof. Gail S. Goodman holds the distinguished chair in psychology in the University of California Davis and is the Director of its Center for Public Policy Research. Her name is often credited for initiating the contemporary research into the study of memories of eyewitnesses and children's victims as witnesses in court situations. Professor Goodman who is a prolific author with numerous research publications as well as numerous awards to her credit she is also the winner of numerous national and global distinctions. She has worked with a variety of organisations and governments all over the world to conduct policy and research relating to children who have been people who are victims of the law. She acts as a consultant for the Special Assault Forensic Evaluation Center (formerly Multidisciplinary Interview Center) of the Sacramento County Child Protective Services. She is also a Fellow in the Association for Psychological Science and American Psychological Association, (Divisions Experimental Psychology and Developmental Psychology Society for Child and Family Practice and Policy American Psychology Law Society Psychology of Women and Traumatic Stress 57). Professor. Goodman is a fellow of the Psychonomics Society Society for Research in Child Development American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children as well as the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies. Professor Goodman was the President 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.