ABOUT DIANA GRABER
Author, "Raising Humans in a Digital World: Helping Kids Build a Healthy Relationship with Technology" (HarperCollins Leadership, '19)
Co-Founder, CyberWise |Founder, Cyber Civics
@dianagraber | www.dianagraber.com |Contact Me
An expert on digital literacy, Graber writes, gives presentations, and is interviewed about technology's impact upon human behavior. Her no-nonsense approach comes from being an educator, media producer, academic, and most of all, a mom.
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She developed (and still teaches) Cyber Civics™, the popular middle school digital literacy program currently being taught in schools in 48 US states and internationally. She's served as Adjunct Faculty, teaching Media Psychology to graduate students. Her paper, New Media Literacies: A Developmental Approach, was published in the Journal of Media Literacy Education (JMLE).
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Graber has a B.A. in Communication Studies from UCLA and an M.A. in Media Psychology and Social Change from Fielding Graduate University.
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She was a finalist for the NAMLE Research Emerging Scholar Award in 2011 and developed the Cyber Civics curriculum which has been recognized as an "Innovation in Education" finalist by Project Tomorrow and the O.C. Tech Alliance. She was honored with the "2017 Media Literacy Teacher" Award from the National Association of Media Literacy Education (NAMLE) and resides with her family in Southern California. She can often be found on her mountain bike.
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Graber TV Appearances
SEEN, READ, HEARD ON:
TV
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TODAY Show: Technology & Teachable Moments
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GOOD MORNING AMERICA, Alec Baldwin Responds to Daughter Ireland's Post
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NBC Nightly News: Is Social Media Causing 'Likes' Anxiety?
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CBC News: Learning to Find the Fakes
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America Tonight: Teaching Digital Citizenship in a 'Yakking' World.
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CBC News | The National: How Canada is Helping CA Schools Teach Media Lit.
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CCTV News: Cyber Kids: Online Safety
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Huffpost Live: Social Media Monitoring in Schools
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WBRE/WYOU: Digital Decoy: What Are Kids Hiding On Their Phones?
RADIO
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KNX 1070 Newsradio: L.A. Unified Takes on Sexting
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iHeartRadio: Is It Time to Teach Kids To Recognize Fake News in School?
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Working Motherhood: Keeping Our Kids Safe Online
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Ed Hand Show, Diana Graber Talks About Yik Yak
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Talk Zone, Becoming Cyberwise
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The Lauren Galley Show, Texting and Driving
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On KSL NewsRadio