Dr. Morris is a professor and director of the PhD in Nursing Program at the UMass Chan Medical School, Tan Chingfen Graduate School of Nursing, in Worcester, Massachusetts. She holds an appointment as an external faculty nurse scientist at the Yvonne L. Munn Center for Nursing Research at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. Dr. Morris practices as an adult nurse practitioner at the UMass Diabetes Center of Excellence and the UMass Geriatric Medicine Clinic. Her scholarship focuses on health communication, health literacy, and nursing education. She is a master educator and has received several educational awards, including the 2022 Tan Chingfen Graduate School of Nursing Distinguished Faculty Award and the 2018 American Nurses Association Massachusetts Excellence in Nursing Education Award.