She has been at Bridgewater State College for one year, one of the things that most interested her about teaching at BSU was the opportunity to do research with students. Professor Polczynski Olson's research interest are gangs, immigration status and crime, neighborhood characteristics and crime, and juvenile delinquency. Along with those research interest Professor Polczynski Olson just as much enjoys the study of research methods, such as crime mapping and multiple forms of regression analysis. In summer 2010, she mentored her first student and is looking forward to mentoring more.