Janet Branchaw

Janet Branchaw is Assistant Professor of Kinesiology and Director of the Wisconsin Institute for Science Education and Community Engagement at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. She also serves as the Associate Director of the NIH-funded Mentor Training Core of the National Research Mentoring Network and chairperson of the Leadership Committee for NSF’s Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) programs in biology. Dr. Branchaw has developed training curricula for research mentors (Entering Mentoring) and mentees (Entering Research), and is leading a project to develop a common assessment tool for use across NSF’s Research Experience for Undergraduates programs. Her research focuses on the development, implementation, and evaluation of innovative approaches to undergraduate science education, with an emphasis on undergraduate research, assessment of student learning, and broadening participation in science. She received her Ph.D. in physiology from the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Learn more here: https://wiscience.wisc.edu/staff/janet-branchaw