Brains Uncorked
Ideas That Go Down Smooth, But Stick With You
Held in a bar, this series serves up big ideas with a punch: unexpected, provocative, and designed to challenge the way you think. There will be no small talk or drawn-out lectures, just sharp insights, bold perspectives, and conversations that linger long after the last glass is empty.
Our Inaugural Night is here!
Join us for the first ever Brains Uncorked night on 4/29/2025 at 7 pm, at The Nickel Mine, in Sawtelle!
We have the following amazing speakers lined up:
- Laura C. Chávez-Moreno
- Brittany Friedman
- Donna J. Nicol.
Each will deliver a 10-minute lecture that will have you learning, laughing, and enjoying yourself.
Are you planning to join us?
Reserve a table here: https://www.opentable.com/r/the-nickel-mine-los-angeles
Dr. Laura C. Chávez-Moreno is an award-winning researcher, qualitative social scientist, and assistant professor at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) in the Departments of Chicana/o & Central American Studies and Education. She received her PhD from the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Education in Curriculum & Instruction.
Dr. Brittany Friedman, a sociologist, creator, and author with a PhD in Sociology from Northwestern University, is an Assistant Professor at the University of Southern California. She is a ’23-24 American Association of University Women faculty postdoc and an Affiliated Scholar of the American Bar Foundation.
Dr. Donna J. Nicol is presently the Chair of the Africana Studies Department at California State University Dominguez Hills. She joined the faculty at CSUDH as an associate professor in 2017 and was promoted to full professor in 2021. She earned her doctorate degree in Educational Studies (with a specialization in History and Philosophy of Higher Education and a graduate minor in African American and African Studies) from The Ohio State University in 2007. Dr. Nicol was the 2021 recipient of the Faculty Excellence in Service Award at CSU Dominguez Hills.
