She teaches in the areas of criminal law and legal analysis and writing. She is the coauthor of a Louisiana criminal law textbook and treatise. Prof. Shea was awarded an Excellence in Teaching award from Southern University, and she was selected co-professor of the year by the SBA for the 2015-2016 school year. Prof. Shea is actively involved with youth education programming through the Baton Rouge Bar Foundation. She acts as a classroom attorney for the Junior Partners Academy, providing monthly civics programming to second and third grade students. She also prepares problems for the Summer Law Institute and is involved with the High School Mock Trial competition and Law Day.