Digital Media Literacy / Cyber Civics
Diana Graber has an extensive background as a producer and marketer of media, including film, video, television, print, and special events. She is co-owner of Graber Productions, an Emmy award-winning film and video production company. Together with her husband, Michael, she has produced numerous sports, adventure, and educational documentary films and television programs and series since 1993.
Diana is also co-founder of CyberWise, a Learning Hub that helps busy parents and educators become digitally literate. Launched in the Summer 2011, CyberWise was a Stage 2 winner of the MacArthur Foundation/HASTAC/Mozilla Digital Media and Learning Competition designed to find and fund the most innovative uses of new media in support of connected learning. Diana has a B.A. in Communications Studies from UCLA and an M.A. in Media Psychology and Social Change from UCLA/Fielding Graduate University.
She was recently a finalist for the NAMLE Research Emerging Scholar Award for her research on New Media Literacy Education, which was featured in the Journey of Media Literacy Education (JAMLE). She also serves on the programming committee for NAMLE (National Association of Media Literacy Education) and is on the board of a nonprofit organization, Wheels4Life.
