She has been an associate professor and an affiliate of the Gerontology Center at the Pennsylvania State University. Dr. Morris teaches adult and older adult mental health and cultural competence, as well as epistemology, theory, and research at the graduate level. She has held appointments as a visiting professor and as an associate professor of nursing at the Department of Nursing Science, University of Zimbabwe, where she taught theory and research in the master's degree program. Dr. Morris's research interests include power and wellbeing in older adults, mental health in older adults (including ethnic minorities), the well-being of family caregivers in the community, and long-term care.