Ariel Gail

Prof. Gail S. Goodman, the Distinguished Professor of Psychology and Director of Center for Public Policy Research is at University of California Davis. It is widely believed that she was the one who beginning the current research into the study of eyewitness memory and child victims as witnesses in the legal realm. Professor Goodman is a prolific author she has won many awards and grants. She has worked with numerous government agencies and governments across the globe regarding policies as well as research on children as victims in the legal system. She works as a consultant to the Special Assault Forensic Evaluation Center that was formerly known as the Multidisciplinary Interview Center of Sacramento County Child Protective Services. She is a fellow of several professional associations including The Association for Psychological Science and the American Psychological Association (Divisions Experimental Psychology Developmental Psychology Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues Society for Child and Family Policy and Practice American Psychology Law Society Psychology of women and trauma stress 56). She is also a founding members of the American professional Society for the Abuse of Children, the Psychonomics Society Society for Research into Child Development, as well as the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies. Professor Goodman was the head of the American Psychological Association's three divisions including Division American Psychology Law Society, Division Developmental Psychology and Division Society for Family and Child Policy and Practice.