Quinn has taught classes on the social implications of new media technologies, organizational communication, research methods and statistics, and public speaking. Her work focuses on new media and how they relate with diverse topics such as aging, social capital, friendship and privacy, and her current research centers on the cognitive and social impacts of social media use with older adults. Quinn has been featured in Information, Communication & Society, the Journal of Broadcast and Electronic Media, and the International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Society, as well as several edited volumes.