S4E1: New Chapters, Same Den

The Graduate Students’ Den returns for Season 4 with “New Chapters, Same Den.” Host John Acquaful is joined by Kelsey Zook, Kelsey Stanfield, and Caroline King for an honest conversation about change, continuity, and belonging in graduate school. Kelsey Stanfield joins from Wayne State University, Kelsey Zook returns after two seasons away, and Caroline King enters the Den as its newest member. Together, the panel reflects on how changing institutions, responsibilities, goals, and life circumstances can reshape the graduate-school experience. What changes when we enter a new academic chapter? What parts of ourselves and our communities do we carry forward? And how can graduate students continue supporting one another when their journeys take different directions? New voices. New journeys. Same Den.