The world's oldest nonprofit membership organization dedicated to fostering forensic document education, research and justice in matters of questioned documents.

2024  ASQDE  Conference set for Atlanta, Georgia

The next ASQDE conference will be held at the Grand Hyatt Atlanta in Atlanta, Georgia from Aug. 26-28, 2024.

Conference registration opens March 1. 

Non-members who would like to attend may request a guest invitation. 

More about the conference

Visual Dictionary of Handwriting Anatomy:  ​A Reference Workbook

This reference workbook by Gina Hunter is now available for purchase.

​It is designed to aid Forensic Document Examiners in the naming of handwritten character features. 

​This new format allows the FDE to find the term they are looking for by looking up the letter where they observed the feature.

Order the book

Job Openings for FDEs

The ASQDE  Jobs page will list current employment opportunities for forensic document examiners.

Have a job to post?

Please send an email with the location and link to the job posting to  the ASQDE Administrative Office.

FDE Jobs

A MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT

​"Welcome to the website of the American Society of Questioned Document Examiners. On behalf of the Society, I invite you to tour our website and get an idea of what the ASQDE is all about.

​You can learn about the history of the Society, our annual meetings, and get contact information for examiners in private practice, as well as our Executive Committee.​.."                                                                             

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​—Samiah Ibrahim, President, ASQDE
​  Read the full message

The Journal of the ASQDE

Since 1998, the Journal of the ASQDE has published a compilation of peer-reviewed research papers by forensic document examiners and specialists worldwide, including papers presented at the ASQDE conferences.  

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Become a Member

Membership in the ASQDE is open to qualified forensic document examiners and forensic specialists in government service and private practice around the world who meet rigorous educational and professional standards.

How to Apply

Annual Conference Sponsor

We would like to thank Foster + Freeman for being a Diamond Sponsor of the 2023 ASQDE conference.

​Foster + Freeman is a longtime sponsor of ASQDE's annual meetings,
and ​their support is greatly appreciated.