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Springer, V.A., Dahir, V.B., Merlino, M.L., & Freeman, T.M. (February 2014). Background, Training, and Experience of Questioned Document Examiners: Phase I Final Report. Paper presented at the 2014 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, Seattle, WA.

Dahir, V.B., Merlino, M.L., Freeman, T.M., Springer, V., Hammond, D., Dyer A., Found, B., Russell, J.R., Perez, L.M., Clark, J., & Bell, V.J. (February 2014). Feature Diagnostic Value in Questioned/Known Signature Comparison Tasks. Paper presented at the 2014 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, Seattle, WA.

Pickett, M., Alexander, C.I., Smothers, S., Springer, V., & Merlino, M.L. (February 2013). Judicial Decision Making on the Admissibility of Forensic Document Examination Testimony: A Twenty-Year Review. Poster presented at the 2013 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, Washington, D.C.

Springer, V.A., Dahir, V.B., Merlino, M.L., & Freeman, T.M. (February 2013). U.S. Questioned Document Examiners: A Nationwide Survey of Background, Education, Training, and Experience. Poster presented at the 2013 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, Washington, D.C.

Merlino, M.L., Freeman, T.M., Dahir, V., Springer, V., Hammond, D., Dyer, A.D., & Found, B.J. (August 2012). Reliability and Validity in Forensic Document Examination: A Demonstration and Discussion of Eye-Tracking Output. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Questioned Document Examiners, Charleston, SC.

Merlino, M.L., Alexander, C.I., & Walker, T. (June 2011). Defendant Sex, Attributions of Culpability, and Severity of Sentencing. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Law and Society Association, San Francisco, CA.

Springer, V., & Merlino, M.L. (June 2011). Entry-Level Forensic Examiner Education Requirements: A Review of Laboratory Director Attitudes and State Socio-Legal Environment. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Law and Society Association, San Francisco, CA.

Merlino, M.L., & Springer, V. (March 2011). Factors Used in U.S. District Court Judges' Admissibility Decisions in Four Areas of Expert Testimony. Paper presented at the 4th International Congress on Psychology and Law, Miami, FL.

Springer, V., & Merlino, M.L. (February 2011). Admissibility Decisions Regarding Toxicology and Engineering Evidence: Judicial Review of Daubert Factors and Forensic Expert Qualifications 1993-2010. Poster presented at the 63rd Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, Chicago, IL.

Merlino, M.L., Springer, V., & Sigillo, A. (May 2010). Constructing Evidentiary Admissibility after the Daubert Trilogy: Scientific, Technical, and Other Specialized Knowledge. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Law and Society Association, Chicago, IL.

Merlino, M.L., Richardson, J.T., & Chamberlain, J. (March 2010). Science in the Law School Curriculum: Information Sources for Science Education for Law Students. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychology-Law Society, Division 41 of the American Psychological Association, Vancouver, BC, Canada.