Kitonga Alexander

Dr. Kitonga Alexander, a Milwaukee native, is the Project Manager for Community Empowerment & Institutional Inclusivity. He taught Ethnic Studies and History at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee and Marquette University. He has a bachelor’s degree in Africology, a master’s degree in Business Management, and a PhD in History. Kitonga’s research interests are African American migration, revolts and uprisings within the African Diaspora, and African American cultural identity. He taught elementary, middle, and high school students in Milwaukee for 11 years. He coordinated the Welcome Home Project, a program designed to reduce recidivism by working directly with citizens returning to the Milwaukee community from incarceration.

Dr. Alexander is a team member of the Living for the City Project, a collaborative effort of Marquette University and the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee that explores the distinctions of Milwaukee's Black middle class. He co-leads the Bronzeville Histories Institute. This organization documents the history of past and present communities. Dr. Alexander created the Walk of Truth, a guided social expedition that participants returning to the community after incarceration take to develop individual plans for productivity. He serves as co-chair of the Victory Garden Initiative Board and is the board president of City School, a private school in Milwaukee that educates predominantly African American students. As founder of UPP (United for Progress and Productivity), Dr. Alexander is committed to building strong community relationships and to connecting members, both inside and outside the university, with a diverse array of resources.