Gail S. Goodman, Ph.D., distinguished professor of psychology and director of the Center for Public Policy Research at the University of California, Davis, was honored with the James McKeen Cattell Fellow Award by the Association for Psychological Science (APS) to be presented at the 2012 APS annual convention. The award recognized Goodman for a lifetime of outstanding contributions to the area of applied psychological research. Recipients of this distinguished award must be APS members whose research addresses a critical problem in society at large.