Conference Presentations

Aquino, M. L., Fernandez-Brennan, P., Halagao, P., & Malonzo, T. (2024, April 11). Decolonizing Educational Research: Re-storying How We Empower and Transform Filipina/x/o Communities. Presented at the American Educational Research Association, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 

Fernandez-Brennan, P., Finau-Faumuina, B., Fiorello, R., & O’Neill, T. (2022, September 26). Decolonizing STEM: Centering Place and Sense of Place through the implementation of STEMS². Presented at the World Indigenous Peoples Conference on Education, Adelaide, Australia.

Atkins, H., Atkins, T., Awo-Chun, K., Desuacido, K., Galicinao, P., & Naniole, K. (2017, July). `Ike `Āina: Integrating Ancestral Knowledge with Western Academics. Presented at the World Indigenous Peoples Conference on Education, Toronto, Canada.

Fernandez-Brennan, P., Finau-Faumuina, B., Fiorello, R., & O’Neill, T. (2022, September 26). Decolonizing STEM: Centering Place and Sense of Place through the implementation of STEMS². Presented at the World Indigenous Peoples Conference on Education, Adelaide, Australia.

Atkins, H., Atkins, T., Awo-Chun, K., Desuacido, K., Galicinao, P., & Naniole, K. (2017, July). `Ike `Āina: Integrating Ancestral Knowledge with Western Academics. Presented at the World Indigenous Peoples Conference on Education, Toronto, Canada.

Fernandez-Brennan, P. (2026, April 23). A Settler’s  Journey of Decolonization in Hawaiʻi. Symposium (Remaining Critical in the Midst of (Neo)Colonial Censorship). Presented at the American Educational Research Association, Los Angeles, California. 

Fernandez-Brennan, P. (2026, April 23). Filipinos in Hawaiʻi: Pathways to Decolonization and Empowerment. Paper Session (Imagining Futures: Themes of Decolonization, Empowerment, and Mentorship within Indigenous Contexts in Education). Presented at the American Educational Research Association, Los Angeles, California.

Fernandez-Brennan, P. (2026, March 23). Pathways Toward Decolonization and Healing: An Autoethnographic Reflection. Presented at the American Mathematics Association, Boise, Idaho. 

Fernandez-Brennan, P. (2025, June 24). Aloha ʻĀina: A Pedagogical Journey of Love for Land, Culture, and Identity. Presented at the Institute of Teachers of Color Conference, Los Angeles, California. 

Fernandez-Brennan, P. (2025, April 23). Healing Colonial Mentality: A Study on How K-12 Filipina/x/o Educators Decolonize in Hawaiʻi to Inform Curriculum and Pedagogy. Presented at the American Educational Research Association, Denver, Colorado.

Fernandez-Brennan, P. (2024, July 18). Indigenous Hawaiian and Filipina/x/o Settler Solidarity. Presented at the Filipino American National Historical Society Conference, Houston, Texas. 

Aquino, M. L., Fernandez-Brennan, P., Halagao, P., & Malonzo, T. (2024, April 11). Decolonizing Educational Research: Re-storying How We Empower and Transform Filipina/x/o Communities. Presented at the American Educational Research Association, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 

Fernandez-Brennan, P. (2024, March 22). Culturally Sustaining Pedagogies and Aloha ʻĀina Education: The Next Generation of Science Education. Presented at the National Science Teacher Association Conference, Denver, Colorado. 

Abarra, C., Aquino, M. L., Cruz, I., & Fernandez-Brennan, P. (2023, November 14-17). Our Struggle: A Story of Decolonization of a Hawaiʻi Ilokano. Presented at the NAKEM International Conference, Freemont, California.

Fernandez-Brennan, P. (2022, August 15). Addressing Systemic Racism in Hawaiʻi: Empowering Filipino/a/x in Hawai'i Through Critical Curriculum and Decolonization in Education. Presented at the Filipino American National Historical Society Conference, Seattle, Washington. 

Fernandez-Brennan, P., Furuto, L., & Phillips, M. (2021, April 24). Rehumanizing Mathematics Classrooms through Equity and Access in Ethnomathematics. Presented at the Annual Conference of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, Saint Louis, Missouri.

Carillo, K, Desuacido, K., & Fernandez-Brennan, P. (2021, April 23). ʻĀina-Based Education to Community Leaders. Presented at the Annual Place-Based Symposium, Jackson, Wyoming.

Fernandez-Brennan, P., Furuto, L., & Nowak, L. (2021, March 19). Ethnomathematics. Presented at TODOS: Mathematics for ALL Podcast, San Francisco, California.

Furuto, L., Galicinao, P., Marr, J., Monkoski-Takamure, A., & Tam K. (2019, April 4). Ethnomathematics: Challenging, Engaging, and Empowering Students with Culture-Based Lessons. Presented at the Annual Conference of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, San Diego, California.

Furuto, L., Galicinao, P., & Tam, K. (2017, February 10). Empowering mathematics teachers and creating equitable learning environments through professional development in ethnomathematics. Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators, Orlando, Florida.

Fernandez-Brennan, P. (2026, May 20). The Wound Within: Healing from Internalized Oppression. Presented at the 50th Pacific Circle Consortium Conference, Honolulu, Hawaiʻi. 

Fernandez-Brennan, P. (2024, February 17). Stories From the Periphery: Our Struggle for Decolonization as Filipina/x/o Educators in Hawaiʻi. Presented at The East-West Center 23rd Annual International Graduate Student Conference, Honolulu, Hawaiʻi.  

Bakshi, L., Desuacido, K., Fernandez-Brennan, P., & Komatsubara, K. (2023, September 16). The Next Generation of ʻĀina-Based NGSS Instruction. Presented at The Hawaiʻi Science Teacher Association Conference, Honolulu, Hawaiʻi. 

Desuacido, K. & Fernandez-Brennan, P. (2022, February 20). Empowering Filipinos in Hawaiʻi Through Critical Curriculum and Decolonization in Education. Presented at The East-West Center 21st Annual International Graduate Student Conference, Honolulu, Hawaiʻi.  

Banggo, T., Cristobal, S., Fernandez-Brennan, P., & Reyes, N. (2021, October 28). Educating For Our Future: Dr. Niki Libarios #BeKindToAStudent Scholarship Recipients Share Their Stories. Presen­ted at the 33rd Annual Pamantasan Conference, Honolulu, Hawaiʻi.

Fernandez-Brennan, P. (2021, October 28). Filipino/as in Hawaiʻi: The Struggle for Identity and Empowerment. Presen­ted at the 33rd Annual Pamantasan Conference, Honolulu, Hawaiʻi.

Fernandez-Brennan, P. (2021, October 27). Ethnomathematics: An Approach to Rehumaning Mathematics Education. Presented at the Annual Schools of the Future Conference, Honolulu, Hawai`i.

Fernandez-Brennan, P. (2021, September 18). Filipinos in Hawaiʻi: The Struggle for Identity and Empowerment. Presented at the 11th International Conference on Education and Social Justice, Honolulu, Hawaiʻi.

Desuacido, K. & ­Fernandez-Brennan, P. (2021, February 12). Critical Evaluation of Cultural Identity in Curriculum: A Collaborative Critical Action Research. Presented at The East-West Center 20th Annual International Graduate Student Conference, Honolulu, Hawaiʻi.  

Fernandez-Brennan, P. (2020, December 5). Queer-Inclusive Curriculum: Creating Safe and Affirming Schools for LGBTQIA+ Students. Presented at the 10th International Conference on Education and Social Justice, Honolulu, Hawaiʻi.

Fernandez-Brennan, P., Reyes, N., Santos, C., & Suluai-Mahuka, S. (2020, October 30). Future Educators, Future Leaders: #BeKindToAStudent Scholarship Recipients and Their Goals to Pay It Forward. Presen­ted at the 32nd Annual Pamantasan Conference, Honolulu, Hawaiʻi.

Fernandez-Brennan, P. (2020, October 29). Sense of Place, Culture and Art: Creating Access and Equitable Learning Environments. Presented at the Annual Schools of the Future Conference, Honolulu, Hawai`i.

Fernandez-Brennan, P. (2020, June 26). ʻĀina as a Cultural and Natural Landscape for Thematic Curriculum. Presented at the Annual STEMS² Symposium, Honolulu, Hawaiʻi.

Desuacido, K., Fernandez–Brennan, P., Mawyer, K., & Romero, V. (2020, June 25). Designing Culturally Sustaining and Revitalizing Place-Based Learning Experiences. Presented at the Annual STEMS²  Symposium, Honolulu, Hawaiʻi.

Finau-Faumuina, B., Galicinao, P., OʻNeill, T., & Prellberg, S. (2020, January 19). Impacts of teaching using STEMS² Pedagogy. Presented at the Conference on STEMS² Education and Social Justice, Honolulu, Hawaiʻi.

Daugherty, K., Galicinao, P., & Kaulukukui-Narikawa, K. (2019, November 10). Addressing Social Justice by Providing Equitable Learning Spaces through Place-Based, Arts-Integrated Education. Presented at the International Conference on Education and Social Justice, Honolulu, Hawai`i.

Furuto, L., Galicinao, P., & Marr, J. (2019, September 14) Ethnomathematics, Finding Joy in Mathematics Through Challenging, Engaging, and Empowering Culture-Based Lessons. Presented at the Annual Conference of the Hawaiʻi Council of Teachers of Mathematics, Honolulu, Hawai`i.

Atkins, T., Fiorello, R., & Galicinao, P. (2019, May 1). Mālama Aloha ʻĀina: How We Partner with Our Place. Presented at the Hawaiʻi STEM Conference, Honolulu, Hawai`i.

Galicinao, P. (2018, January 27). Kilo: An Ethnomathematics Approach. Poster session presented at the Hawaiʻi Council of Teachers of Mathematics Conference, Honolulu, Hawaiʻi.