Adelle is a senior lecturer in Literary Studies in the College of Indigenous Futures, Education, and the Arts. She coordinates the Bachelor of Arts degree and supervises postgraduate projects in literature and creative writing. Adelle is the recipient of a Fulbright scholarship, exploring how art and literature address global problems like racism and mass incarceration. Adelle is co-founding editor of the new NT literary journal 'Borderlands Magazine'. She is winner of the NT Literary Awards Essay Prize and publishes in high quality international journals. Adelle is currently the president of the Australasian Universities Language and Literature Association (AULLA).