Research

Research Interests

• Responsible Operations, Global Supply Chains, Sourcing Risks & Complexity, Labor

• Econometrics, Big Data Analytics, Machine Learning / AI *, Text Mining, Geospatial Analysis, Networks

*decision trees, random forest classifiers, clustering, neural networks, few / zero shot classifers, SBERT, web-scraping

Working Papers

1. Nowicki, J., Lee, B., & Linderman, K. Distant Mines, Local Risks: The Impact of Deregulation on Fissured Workforce Risk Management Systems

-       Third-round revision at Journal of Operations Management

2. Regulated (Dis)order: The Impact of Trade Policy Shifts in Shaping Global Supply Chain Structures (with Fan Zou, Jared Edgerton, and Kevin Linderman)

-    Anticipated submission in October 2026. To be submitted to Manufacturing & Service Operations Management

3. Modeling Illicit Massage Business Location Dynamics - A Geospatial Network Analysis (with Kevin Linderman and Sergey Naumov)

-    Preparing for submission to Production & Operations Management

4. The Impact of Medicaid Expansion Coverage on Work-Related Employee Injuries (with Eric Xu, Hungchung Su, and Kevin Linderman)

 -    Preparing for submission to Management Science

Refereed Publications

1. Ferreira Neto, A.B., Nowicki, J. & Shakya, S. (2025). Do public libraries help mitigate crime? Evidence from Kansas City, MO. Journal of Cultural Economics, 49(1), 141–161. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10824-023-09497-4

   • Featured in the news (ABC-7 News, February 9th 2024): 

https://www.abc-7.com/article/fgcu-professor-says-public-libraries-lower-crime/46689106 

• Featured in Literary Hub (blogpost, May 13th 2025):

https://lithub.com/want-to-reduce-crime-science-says-build-libraries/ 

• Featured in Medium (crossover article by EveryLibrary.org, July 18th 2025):

https://medium.com/everylibrary/want-safer-neighborhoods-invest-in-libraries-8c5259ad32e2 

• Featured in a local news article (Forno, TX) covering an upcoming ballot measure on library funding (August 31st 2026):

https://www.inforney.com/local-news/the-economic-case-for-forneys-library-bond-how-libraries-drive-student-success-and-public-safety/article_a31b6435-9ffe-405e-91e2-0f8987243c05.html 

Works in Progress

1. A Supply Chain Framework for Forced Labor and Trafficking Research (with Kevin Linderman)

 - Manuscript in development

2. Institutionalized Conflict: Industry-level Adaptations to Evolving Critical Mineral Supply Chains

 - Data computation in progress, manuscript in progress

3. Speculative Supply? The Growth of Critical Mining Sectors in Response to (de)Regulatory Investments

 - Data collected, computation in progress

4. Dueling Pressures: The Impact of Regulatory Capacity on IP Import Seizures.

 - Data collected, computation in progress

5. Importing Slavery: An Examination of Forced Labor Procurement in the United States.

 - Data collected, computation in progress

Research Tools

Python, Stata, R, NetLogo, LaTeX, QGIS, ArcGIS Pro*, GeoDa

* Accepted to & completed training for GIS Institute: Immersive Training for Spatial Research held at the Center for Government and International Studies (Harvard University, Spring 2024)