Ariel Gail

Professor Gail S. Goodman, Distinguished Professor of psychology and Director of the Center for Public Policy Research is at University of California Davis. She was credited with launching contemporary research on children's memory of eyewitnesses and the use of child victims within court settings. Professor Goodman is a prolific author she has won many prizes and grants. She has collaborated with numerous authorities and organisations around the globe on studies and policy issues pertaining to children who are victims of the justice system. She is a consultant at the Special Assault Forensic Evaluation Center which was previously known as known as the Multidisciplinary Interview Center of Sacramento County Child Protective Services. She has memberships with numerous professional organizations like the Association for Psychological Science and American Psychological Association. Professor Goodman is also a part of Psychonomics Society, the 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 has been head of three divisions (Division Society for Policy and Child Development as well as Practice Division of the American Psychological Law Society and Division Developmental Psychology) and one section (Child Maltreatment) of the American Psychological Association.