This month’s Presidential Spotlight focuses on the Academy’s newest section—the Forensic Nursing Science Section. This article provides an introduction to the section as well as the discipline’s history. Sources: Virginia A. Lynch, MSN, RN, AAFS Retired Fellow, and Joyce P. Williams, DNP, RN, Section Chair Genesis of a New Era of Forensic Science Forensic nursing […]
Source: Laura C. Fulginiti, PhD, 2022-23 AAFS President The American Academy of Forensic Sciences (AAFS) delegation to Croatia returned Sunday after a week of collaboration with our forensic science counterparts and touring the beautiful cities of Zagreb and Dubrovnik. Professor Dragan Primorac was our host during this extraordinary visit. Dragan is a long-time member of […]
Source: Laura Fulginiti, PhD, 2022-23 AAFS President The months are speeding by, and it is time again to start thinking about the annual conference. We will celebrate our 75th Anniversary next February! I am working with the Board of Directors and the Membership Outreach Ad Hoc Committee to make this an exciting meeting filled with […]
Source: Laura Fulginiti, PhD, 2022-23 AAFS President This past week, I traveled to Foggia, Italy, at the invitation of Dr. Luigi Cipolloni, Director of the Forensic Science and Pathology Department, and Prof. Donatella Curtotti, Director of the Faculty of Law from the University of Foggia. I attended the conference “Successful Strategies for Crime Scene Investigation” […]
Source: Laura Fulginiti, PhD, 2022-23 AAFS President This is the first Presidential Spotlight of 2022, and I am excited to share information with you regarding the Academy. My name is Dr. Laura Fulginiti, but everyone calls me “Fulgi.” I have been a member of the AAFS since 1987 when I joined the Anthropology (then Physical […]
Source: ASB Sustainability ad hoc Committee: Sarah Kerrigan, PhD; Jeri Ropero Miller, PhD (Chair); Lucy A. Davis, BHS; Laura C. Fulginiti, PhD; Jennifer C. Love, PhD; Julie A. Howe, MBA: Jennifer F. Limoges, MS; Christopher (Kip) R. Thompson, MD; C. Kenneth (Ken) Williams, MS, JD The American Academy of Forensic Sciences (AAFS) founded the first […]
Source: Marcus Rogers, PhD, Digital & Multimedia Sciences Section Board Representative We have been presenting presidential spotlights from the Academy sections to highlight the latest significant research or improvements within its discipline. Examples include cutting-edge technology, standards, or methods that improve the practice. Alternatively, they may show a historical account/timeline of the discipline’s use of innovative […]
Source: Joanna L. Collins, MFS, General Section Board Representative During the year, we have been presenting presidential spotlights from the Academy sections to highlight the latest significant research or improvements within its discipline. Examples include cutting-edge technology, standards, or methods that improve the practice. Alternatively, they may show a historical account/timeline of the discipline’s use […]
Source: Carl R. McClary, MS, 2021-22 AAFS President The AAFS Board of Directors met recently to discuss appropriate safeguards to help ensure the health, safety, and wellbeing of all attendees at our upcoming annual conference in Seattle in February 2022. Due to the current national COVID-19 pandemic and in light of the continued spread and […]
During the year, we have been presenting presidential spotlights from the Academy sections to highlight the latest significant research or improvements within its discipline. Examples include cutting-edge technology, standards, or methods that improve the practice. Alternatively, they may show a historical account/timeline of the discipline’s use of innovative technology or research. These are presented to […]
During the year, we have been presenting presidential spotlights from the Academy sections to highlight the latest significant research or improvements within its discipline. Examples include cutting-edge technology, standards, or methods that improve the practice. Alternatively, they may show a historical account/timeline of the discipline’s use of innovative technology or research. These are presented to […]
During the year, we will present presidential spotlights for each section to highlight the latest significant research or improvements within its discipline. Examples include cutting-edge technology, standards, or methods that improve the practice. Alternatively, they may show a historical account/timeline of the discipline’s use of innovative technology or research. These are presented to inform all […]
Source: Carl R. McClary, MS, 2021-22 AAFS President Greetings members! As we approach the middle of our summer season, I’ve taken the time to update you on happenings within the Academy. Some of the staff and your board members have had opportunities to partake of much-needed breaks; however, they have not been idle with respect […]
During the year, we will present presidential spotlights for each section to highlight the latest significant research or improvements within its discipline. Examples include cutting-edge technology, standards, or methods that improve the practice. Alternatively, they may show a historical account/timeline of the discipline’s use of innovative technology or research. These are presented to inform all […]
Source: Carl R. McClary, MS, 2021-22 AAFS President As promised in my address at our annual meeting, we have begun the process of finalizing some of the changes we feel are needed within the organization. One of those is the redesign of our logo! Although the current logo has served us well for many years, […]
Source: Carl R. McClary, MS, 2021-22 AAFS President During the year, we will present monthly presidential spotlights for each section to highlight the latest significant research or improvements within its discipline(s). Examples include cutting-edge technology, standards, or methods that improve the practice. Alternatively, they may show a historical account/timeline of the discipline’s use of innovative […]
Source: Carl R. McClary, MS, 2021-22 AAFS President To keep you, our members, informed of what your Board of Directors and Academy staff are doing to improve the organization and review its policies for potential updating, I have compiled a list of our current presidential ad hoc committees, their chairs, and the missions for which […]
Source: Carl R. McClary, MS, 2021-22 AAFS President Benjamin Franklin said it best: “Out of adversity comes opportunity.” All of us have struggled since we met last in Anaheim. Some of us have had personal struggles with our health or the health of a loved one and others have struggled to balance family life and […]
Source: Jeri D. Ropero-Miller, PhD, AAFS President We are One Academy—Pursuing Justice Through Truth in Evidence. These words are realized every day; however, in the next two weeks, the Academy will go into virtual overdrive. Yesterday, we, the American Academy of Forensic Sciences (AAFS), completed the first day of our two-week course culminating in our […]
We are pleased to announce that the Journal of Forensic Sciences (JFS) has published a President’s Editorial submitted by AAFS President Jeri Ropero-Miller. The article—Uniting and Transforming Forensic Sciences in a Monumental Pandemic Year and Beyond—covers the following topics: Vision, Mission, Values, and Strategy Standards Research, Education, and Training Technological Advances Renewed Organizational Commitment to […]