President Developmental Psychology of American Psychological Association (APA), United States of America Dr. Gail S. Goodman is Distinguished Professor of Psychology at the University of California, Davis. Her research concerns memory development, child maltreatment, trauma and memory, and children in the legal system. She has received many awards for her research and writings, including the James McKeen Cattell Award for Lifetime Contributions to Applied Psychological Research from the Association for Psychological Science and two Distinguished Contributions awards from the American Psychological Association (APA). Dr. Goodman is the current president of Division 7 (Developmental Psychology) of the APA. She has published widely and received many grants and contracts. Her research has been cited in U.S. Supreme Court decisions. She obtained her Ph.D. from UCLA and conducted postdoctoral studies at the University of Denver and the Université René Descartes in Paris, France. She has consulted with numerous governments and agencies throughout the world on policies and research concerning child victims in the legal system |