In Sydney, she met John Flaus, a film theorist and actor famous who would become a significant influence in the development of Australian cultural studies.
Upon returning to Australia, Morris co-edited two volumes informed by her intellectual experiences in France and also featuring English translations of work by Jean Baudrillard, Gilles Deleuze, Félix Guattari, Luce Irigaray, and Michel Foucault.
While holding numerous research and teaching fellowships over the next two decades, Morris did not hold a continuing academic position or have a specific institutional affiliation prior to her appointment in 2000 as founding Chair Professor of Cultural Studies at Lingnan University, Hong Kong.
Her contribution to and impact on Australian and international cultural studies has instead been built on a large body of written work and activity as editor of collections and journals.
In 1993, she co-edited (with John Frow) Australian Cultural Studies: A Reader (Sydney and Chicago: Allen & Unwin and University of Illinois Press).