[1] He currently serves as Dean of the Ridge College of Intelligence Studies and Applied Sciences at Mercyhurst University in Erie, Pennsylvania.
At Binghamton, Olszowka studied with historians Thomas Dublin, Brendan McConville, and Richard Dalfiume.
In May 2021, Olszowka was tabbed to serve as Interim Dean of the Ridge College of Intelligence Studies and Applied Sciences.
In October the university removed the interim tag, with Olszowka serving the roles of Dean of Ridge College and Associate Vice Provost for Graduate Programming.
[6][7] Olszowka's area of speciality is American social and labor history, with an emphasis on the interwar period, 1919–1945.