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.
April 2025, the first-ever Brains Uncorked night!
Thanks to everyone who came out to The Nickel Mine in Sawtelle to sip, learn, and laugh with us. Professors Laura C. Chávez-Moreno, Brittany Friedman, and Donna J. Nicol delivered sharp, thought-provoking talks, and we’re so thankful.
Want to be part of the next Brains Uncorked event? Apply here to give a talk and stay tuned for details on the next installment.
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.
