She has taught a wide range of courses in both the college of business and college of engineering. She has industry experience in information systems auditing in both the banking and manufacturing industries, and is a certified information systems auditor (CISA). Her research interests include software quality, in particular, the areas of software process improvement, software testing, and complexity metrics. McQuaid is serving as the chair for the Americas for the Second World Congress for Software Quality, to be held in Japan in September 2000.