She completed a PhD at Griffith University in 1998, her thesis titled Talkin' up to the white woman: Indigenous women and feminism in Australia.
Moreton-Robinson is of the Goenpul (Koenpul) people, who are part of the Quandamooka nation on Stradbroke Island in Queensland, Australia.
[9] Aileen's doctoral thesis was titled Talkin' up to the white woman : Indigenous women and feminism in Australia.
[11] Moreton-Robinson is the Director of the National Indigenous Research Knowledges Network, a former Council Member of the Native American Indigenous Studies Association, Executive member of National, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Higher Education, President of Australian Critical whiteness studies Association, Member of Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies, and has held positions on a number of boards, advisory committees and associations.
The Indigenous Research Methodologies Masterclass is the only Indigenous-designed and evidence-based model contributing to closing the education gap in Australia.
[10] Moreton-Robinson, through her series of journal articles which were compiled to create the book The White Possessive,[15] is considered to have made a significant contribution to the field of Indigenous Studies.