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

ABFDE Diplomates! 

Forensic document examiners who are certified by the American Board of Forensic Document Examiners may now apply for Provisional Membership in the ASQDE using a special online application.  Your certification is accepted in lieu of testing or research requirements when you are ready to advance to Regular Membership. Apply now to be considered for a membership vote at the 2025 ASQDE business meeting. 

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2025  ASQDE  Conference set for Las Vegas, Nevada

The next ASQDE conference will be held at Harrah's Las Vegas from Aug. 18-20, 2025. ​Visit the conference page to learn more.

Non-members must have an invitation to attend. If you are interested in attending, please complete the request form at the link below. 

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Visual Dictionary of Handwriting Anatomy:  ​A Reference Workbook

This reference workbook by Gina Hunter is 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.

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The Journal of the ASQDE is now on open access!

The ASQDE Executive Committee is pleased to announce that the Journal of the ASQDE is now freely available online to everyone!

You can access the back content of the Journal of the ASQDE now at www.journal.asqde.org.

A MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT

​Welcome to the American Society of Questioned Document Examiners, Inc. (ASQDE)
website. The primary goal of ASQDE is to promote research and education in the field
of forensic document examination.

You can learn about the history of the Society, upcoming conferences, and membership
opportunities.

If you need a highly qualified forensic document examiner, I encourage you to click on
the “Find An Expert” tab above.
                                                         

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​—Thomas W. Vastrick, President, ASQDE
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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.

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Annual Conference Sponsor

We would like to thank Foster + Freeman for being a longtime sponsor of ASQDE's annual meetings. 
Their support is greatly appreciated.