Renbarger, R., Lindsey, L., Fernandez, F., Rodler, L. (2024, April). School Staffing Challenges Through the Pandemic. Session submission at AERA 2024 Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA. 

Renbarger, R., Lindsey, L., Fernandez, F., Rodler, L. (2024, April).  Capital Formation for Marginalized High School Students: A Case Study. Paper presentation at AERA 2024 Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA.

Iwamoto, S., & Fernandez, F. (2024, March). What makes a difference in postsecondary outcomes from college readiness support services during secondary years – a preliminary analysis of GEARUP. Paper presentation at CIES 2024 - The Power of Protest, Miami, FL.

King, C., Fernandez, F., & Iwamoto, S. (2023, November). Pennsylvania’s State GEAR UP Grant’s Relationship to Postsecondary Enrollment and Persistence. Session at PASSHE Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Summit – The Power of Community: Uniting to Amplify and Foster Well-Being, Shippensburg, PA. 

Fernandez, F., King, C., Iwamoto, S., Newsome, E., & Martinez, A. (2023, October). Pennsylvania's State GEAR UP Grant's Relationship to Postsecondary Enrollment and Persistence. Session at NEAR 2023 Annual Conference – Where do we go from her? Shaping the future of education together. Trumbull, CT. 

King, C., Fernandez, F., Pacowski-Ferrizzi, T., & Iwamoto, S. (2023, July). Beyond GEAR UP: Tracking Postsecondary Enrollment and Persistence. Session at NCCEP/GEAR UP Annual Conference - The Power of Possibility, San Francisco, CA.

Froschl, M., & Fernandez, F. (2019, June) Investigating the Importance of Girls’ Math Identity: A Systematic Review. Presented at the National Science Foundation, Alexandria, VA.

Froschl, M., Stimmer, M., Fernandez, F., & Lorenzetti, L. (2019). Girl’s Math Identity: Gateway to Success in STEM. Presented at the 2019 National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Annual Conference, San Diego, CA.

Fernandez F, Mac Iver D, and Sepanik S. National Center on Scaling Up Effective Schools Conference, Nashville, TN, 2015. Oral presentation on “Laying tracks to graduation: System- and school-level continuous improvement of the diplomas now model’.

Corrin W, Fernandez F, Sepanik S, and Elmer D. Diplomas Now Summer Institute, Tulsa, OK, 2015. Oral presentation on “Connecting research and practice: Implementation findings from the second i3 evaluation report”.

Fernandez F. Annual meeting of the American Evaluation Association, Washington, DC, 2013. Oral presentation on “Design considerations in evaluating the implementation of college access, college readiness, and career pathway initiatives: Assessing the fidelity of implementation in the diplomas now evaluation”.

Fernandez F. Early Learning TA Organizations Meeting, Washington, DC, 2013. Oral presentation on “Early learning TA organization survey overview: Partnership analysis”.

Clawson H, Porowski A, Fernandez F, and Leicht C. Annual meeting of the American Evaluation Association, San Antonio, TX, 2010. Oral presentation on “Determining the impact of Communities in Schools (CIS) programs: Student-level randomized control trials”.

Fernandez F, Gdula J, Kelley L, Porowski A, and Basta K. Annual meeting of the American Evaluation Association, Orlando, FL, 2009. Oral presentation on “An evaluation of Georgia's performance learning centers: Conducting multi-method evaluations of alternative school settings”.

Wijekumar K, Hitchcock J, Turner H, Lei P, Fernandez F, and Roberts T. Annual meeting of ASCD, Orlando, FL, 2009. Oral presentation on “Rigorous research of a supplementary math curriculum”.

Clawson H, Porowski A, Fernandez F, and Leicht C. Annual meeting of the American Evaluation Association, Denver, CO, 2008. Oral presentation on “Determining the impact of Community in Schools (CIS) programs: Student-Level randomized control trials”.

Porowski A, Munya S, Fernandez F, and Siegel S. American Evaluation Association National Conference, Baltimore, MD, 2007. Oral presentation on “Using threshold analysis to develop a typology of programs: Lessons learned from the Communities in Schools (CIS) national evaluation”.

Porowski A, Fernandez F, and Siegel S. Annual meeting of the American Evaluation Association, Baltimore, MD, 2008. Oral presentation on “Obtaining buy-in to conduct randomized controlled trials in schools: Lessons learned from the Communities in Schools (CIS) national evaluation”.

Fernandez F and Bose M. Edward F. Kelly Evaluation Conference, Scotia, NY, 2006. Oral presentation on “Online vs. didactic instruction: Investigating and validating the equity of both”.