Online Academy
Thrive In Academia
Providing BIPOC students the knowledge, confidence, and skills to navigate academia & successfully launch their career – saving time, money, and stress.
Developing a Graduate School Thrive Mindset
This is a 2-week course designed to help students take ownership of their graduate education; thrive in school; save time & money; & launch a meaningful & lucrative career. The course includes and expands upon the content in Letters to My Sisters & Brothers with sections on identifying fellowships/awards, creating your own academic and professional goals, and several more.
For more information, follow the course link here.
For a free course preview (4 videos total), follow the link here.
Consultation & Coaching
Cultivate Your Success
Assisting others in creating intentional space for BIPOC to thrive. We offer quality services at a reasonable price to help you be successful.
To receive assistance on applying to graduate school, follow the link here. Service packages and fees are as listed.
To receive assistance on navigating the academic job market, follow the link here. Service packages and fees are as listed.
If you would like to directly request for services, please fill out the Google Form here. Please expect a confirmation email within 2-3 business days.
Book Publishing
Elevate Your Narrative
Helping BIPOC share their narratives, affirm, and uplift their identities.
Publish With Us:
- We accept requests to publish short works that consider multiple and/or intersecting identities.
- We accept cover letters for almost completed full-length fiction and non-fiction work that considers multiple and/or intersecting identities.
If your cover letter is accepted, you will be invited to send your full work for submission and will receive one of the following four responses:
- Ready to publish (may or may not include minimal edits)
- Willing to publish with minor editing
- Major editing required to be considered
- Does not fall under LTB Books, LLC Publishing topics
We offer Publishing & Production Contracts with the following:
ISBN (which allows for distribution with major distributors including Amazon)
Editing
Offerings
Developmental Editing: An in-depth review of the document in its entirety from cover to cover. Includes content revisions and complete copy editing services.
Copy Editing: Correcting errors of grammar, style, repetition, word usage, jargon, and one major content revision.
Proofreading: Minor errors are corrected in areas of grammar, capitalization, punctuation, spelling, and word usage.
Illustration
Formatting
Advertising at our Events and on Website
Business Development & Marketing
Brainstorming/Planning Sessions
*Publishing process descriptions and services were heavily adapted from KV, LLC Publishing. Find more information about their work here!
Testimonials
100% of clients reported they would utilize our services again.
Anonymous
Asian American woman, Post-doctoral Scholar
“Nelson speaks from his experience of being on faculty job search, which offers me valuable insights into how to prepare for the interview and job talk. He also has unique perspectives as a candidate/faculty of color, which helps address my questions regarding assessing department culture as a candidate of color (eg. ask questions to get a sense of tokenism). I also like how he started the conversation by asking me about my research program and questions for him, which helps to tailor our conversation.”
Shanalee
Black woman, Doctoral Student
“During my consultation with Nelson, he was able to give me a different perspective on the topic of discussion. His alternate point of view enabled me to address future concerns that would arise. His line of questioning and suggestions left me feeling fulfilled and confident moving forward. What I loved about his input was that he did not impose his thoughts before carefully listening to my concerns. It was after my initial thoughts that he then stepped in with his suggestions. The clarity I gained through my interaction will help to move my project along.”
Anonymous
Biracial woman, Doctoral Student
“Dr. Zounlome proofread my scholarship application. He was able to provide me with additional ideas to consider, as well as specific feedback on verbiage and transitions. His input was incredibly helpful and, ultimately, led to a much stronger submission.”
Anonymous
Black man, Full Professor
“This book is a much-needed intervention for students of color to help them not only survive but thrive in academia…The content of the book will be relatable to students who have ever struggled with frustration and/or self-doubt with their academic experience…Letters To My Sisters & Brothers is an important resource that I highly recommend.”