 Distinguished Professor of Psychology Director of the Center for Public Policy Research Gail S. Goodman’s CV |
Dr. Gail S. Goodman is Distinguished Professor of Psychology and Director of the Center for Public Policy Research at the University of California, Davis. Her research concerns children’s and adults’ eyewitness memory and testimony, child maltreatment, trauma and memory, forensic interviewing, jury decision making, and child victims in the legal system. She currently enjoys funding from the National Science Foundation and the National Institute of Justice to examine techniques to access accurate long-term memories of traumatic life events. With doctoral students and colleagues, she is also currently examining children’s secret keeping, lying, autism and memory, sexual trafficking, and racial stereotyping of victims. She has received many awards for her research and writings, including the Distinguished Contributions to Psychology and Law Award from the American Psychology-Law Society, the James McKeen Cattell Award for Lifetime Contributions to Applied Psychological Research from the Association for Psychological Science, the Urie Bronfenbrenner Award for Lifetime Contributions to Developmental Psychology, and two Distinguished Contributions awards from the American Psychological Association (APA), and two teaching and mentoring awards. Dr. Goodman has served as President of Division 7 (Developmental Psychology), Division 37 (Society for Child and Family Policy and Practice), Division 37’s Section on Child Maltreatment, and Division 41 (American Psychology-Law Society) of the American Psychological Association. Dr. Goodman has published widely and has received many federal, state, and foundation grants, and state contracts. Her research has been cited in U.S. Supreme Court decisions. She serves as a Consultant to the Special Assault Forensic Evaluation Center, Child Protective Services. She is a fellow of many professional organizations, including the Association for Psychological Science and the American Psychological Association (Divisions: Experimental Psychology, 3; Developmental Psychology, 7; Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues, 9; Society for Child and Family Policy and Practice, 37; American Psychology-Law Society, 41; Psychology of Women, 35; and Traumatic Stress, 56). Dr. Goodman is also a member of 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, and International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies. She obtained her Ph.D. in Developmental Psychology from University of California, Los Angeles and conducted postdoctoral studies at the University of Denver and the Université René Descartes in Paris, France. Dr. Goodman previously served on the faculties of the University of Denver, the State University of New York, and the University of Oslo, Norway. She has consulted with numerous governments and agencies throughout the world on policies and research concerning child victims in the legal system.
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