Adelle lectures and coordinates in Communications in the College of Indigenous Futures, Arts and Society. She coordinates the Bachelor of Arts and supervises postgraduate projects in Literature and Creative Writing, specialising in Australian literature and postcolonialism. Adelle is particularly interested in how art and literature address global problems like mass incarceration, and her research examines prison wring alongside prison education programs in Australia and the US. Adelle holds a PhD in Literary Studies and is winner of the NT Literary Awards Essay Prize. She is published in high quality international journals such as ‘Hypatia’ and contributes to Australian literary journals such as ‘Westerly’, ‘Overland' and ‘Sydney Review of Books’.