Shelley is Associate Professor and Program Manager of the BA (Music Industry) degree at RMIT University. She holds a PhD in ethnomusicology. Her research on mothers and music careers is published in the 2022 co-authored book 'Popular Music and Parenting' (Routledge) with Liz Giuffre, and discussed in their 2SER podcast 'Music Mothers and Others', which features interviews with Australian music industry professionals. She regularly publishes on Japan’s annual NHK Kōhaku Utagassen (The Red and White Song Contest), including a forthcoming monograph with Bloomsbury.