The Wisconsin Historical Society recently hired Tanika Wilson-Kromah as the coordinator of adult education.
As the coordinator of adult education, Wilson-Kromah will provide agency leadership on all issues related to lifelong learning. She will serve as the Society’s expert on educational outreach to adults, and develop materials, coordinate programs and advocate for adult education, especially in under-served communities.
“Tanika will be a great addition to the education team at the Society,” said Vaunce Ashby, Wisconsin Historical Society director of education. “In this new position she will have an impact on how Wisconsin’s life-long learners will come to know more about its diverse histories.”
“My participation in presentations, community engagement and primary source research obtained in a variety of areas related to African-American history has given me a greater appreciation of just how important it is to preserve and build upon the repertoire of information needed to teach Wisconsin’s diverse history,” said Tanika Wilson-Kromah.
Wilson-Kromah was the previous operations manager at Badger Moves where she provided leadership and business management for the entire company and one of the event organizers for the Juneteenth event in Madison, where she helped to secure grants for the event, coordinated cultural programming and chaired committee meetings. She was also the previous program leader intern at the Juvenile Deferred Prosecution Unit and was the minority student educational liaison and advocate at West High School in Madison.
The Wisconsin Historical Society, founded in 1846, ranks as one of the largest, most active and most diversified state historical societies in the nation. As both a state agency and a private membership organization, its mission is to help people connect to the past by collecting, preserving and sharing stories.
