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Divina Frau-Meigs (born 9 June 1959) is a Moroccan-born sociologist of media and professor at the Sorbonne Nouvelle University Paris III (Paris III) in France where her areas of research include, cultural diversity, dynamic identities, human/children's rights, internet governance, media education, media matrices, media in English-speaking countries, and risky content. Her research has also included media content and risk behaviors, the reception and use of Information and communications technology, and American studies. She is the chair of "Savoir-devenir in sustainable digital development" for UNESCO and coordinator of "TRANSLIT" for the Agence nationale de la recherche. Divina Frau-Meigs was born in Casablanca, Morocco, on 9 June 1959, to Spanish parents. She graduated from the École normale supérieure de lettres et sciences humaines (English, 1980) and received her master's degree from Stanford University (Education and Communication, 1984). She then taught English at Sorbonne Paris North University (1985-1988), before returning to the U.S. to obtain a second master's degree from the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania (Communication, 1991). In the 1980s, Frau-Meigs was a recipient of a Fulbright (1983-84), Ministry of Higher Education (1984-85), and "Lavoisier" (1988-189) scholarships. Back in France, she taught high school (Aubervilliers, La Courneuve; 1991-1993) and completed a doctorate in 1993 in information and communication sciences at Paris-Panthéon-Assas University, writing a dissertation under the direction of Josette Poinssac on Les flux télévisuels internationaux : figures, systèmes analogiques et transferts culturels. Une analyse comparée des contenus des programmes télévisuels dans neuf pays du monde et du rôle des USA dans la production de ces contenus (International television flows: figures, analog systems and cultural transfers. A comparative analysis of the contents of television programs in nine countries of the world and the role of the USA in the production of these contents).
