Pembroke Center

Editorial Proctorships

When possible, the Pembroke Center offers graduate students opportunities for professional development through proctorships with differences: A Journal of Feminist Cultural Studies.

The Pembroke Center hosts editorial proctors via partnerships with the Brown Graduate School. Proctorships with differences: A Journal of Feminist Cultural Studies enable students to learn about all aspects of journal operations through hands-on participation.

The Interdisciplinary Opportunities Fellowship

The Interdisciplinary Opportunities proctorship at differences will offer hands-on experience in the editorial office of an award-winning peer-reviewed feminist journal housed at the Pembroke Center and published three times per year by Duke University Press. This position will introduce the proctor to all aspects of journal publishing, from vetting submissions to online and print publication. The IO proctor will contribute at all stages of the editorial cycle from manuscript preparation through to proofs.

Students interested in this role can apply to the IO program, which is run by the Graduate School.

The Proctorship in Academic Journal Editing

This advanced graduate student proctor administers the peer review process, assists in the editorial cycle, and liaises with contributors and various divisions at Duke University Press. This proctorship is twelve months in duration, with the possibility of renewal, and averages twenty hours per week.

2025-2026 Graduate Assistant Editor

“ I was able to find full-time, well-compensated work because of my experience at differences. The work I did was broad enough to allow me to shift from academic publishing to managing the editorial desks for a popular magazine. I'm also a better writer because of it. Most recently, thanks to everything I learned at differences I was able to become a valuable member of a small team of editors in starting our own magazine. ”

Michelle Rada Associate Editor and differences IO Proctor 2018-19