Her work has focused on how to help people find, manage, and use information more effectively, especially in the context of time constraints, personal preferences, and collaborative settings.

[12] Starting in Fall 2022, Teevan led the early M365 Copilot work to integrate the latest AI into Microsoft's core products.

[7] In an interview with Reid Hoffman recorded on the day M365 Copilot launched, Teevan spoke about her experience bringing generative AI to Microsoft products.

According to the Technology Review, Teevan "is a leader in using data about people's knowledge, preferences, and habits to help them manage information.

[19] A 2017 article in the New York Magazine quotes her as saying, "I could probably pretty easily find an extra hour in my day at work, just in these little micro-moments of time when I’m not being productive.

"[20] Teevan was named a Technology Review (TR35) 2009 Young Innovator for her research on personalized search[4] and received the CRA-W Borg Early Career Award (BECA) in 2014.

[21] In 2016 she received the Karen Spärck Jones award from the British Computer Society for her "technically strong and exceptionally creative contributions to the intersection of information retrieval, user experience and social media.