Janet L. Branchaw is an Associate Professor of Kinesiology in the School of Education and served as the Director of the Wisconsin Institute for Science Education and Community Engagement (WISCIENCE) at the University of Wisconsin–Madison (UW–Madison) for 11 years before becoming the Interim Vice Provost for Teaching and Learning. Her research and programming focus on the development, implementation, and evaluation of innovative approaches to science education at the undergraduate and graduate levels, with special emphasis on research training, research mentoring, assessment of student learning, and broadening participation in STEM. Dr. Branchaw led development of the Entering Research (ER) curriculum, the Entering Research Learning Assessment (ERLA) and the Comprehensive Researcher Development Framework (CRDF). She co-developed the second edition of the Entering Mentoring (EM) curriculum and co-founded the Center for the Improvement of Mentored Experiences in Research (CIMER). She co-led development of the NIH funded “Build Your Research Community” online course for biomedical research trainees with the Science Communication Lab; collaborated with Northwestern University’s Office for Undergraduate Research to adapt Entering Research for Humanities disciplines; and led UW-Madison’s HHMI-funded Inclusive Excellence project to increase 2- to 4-year STEM transfer in Wisconsin.