Welcome to ICOS

ICOS, or the Interdisciplinary Committee on Organizational Studies, has the single goal of enhancing the University of Michigan’s strength as a world center for interdisciplinary research and scholarship on organizations. We seek to enrich the intellectual environment of Ph.D. students and faculty interested in organization studies, by increasing the quality, breadth, depth, and usefulness of organizational research.


Jeremy Levine, University of Michigan

When Crime Pays the Victim: How Victim Policy Shaped the Carceral State

Jeremy Levine, University of Michigan

Speaker(s)

Jeremy Levine, Associate Professor of Organizational Studies, Sociology, and Public Policy

Lecture Time:

Friday, September 11, 2026 @ 1:30 pm

Lecture Location:

R2240, Ross building

Marbella Eboni Hill, North Carolina State University

The Specter of Discrimination: Employment-Contingent Mobility and the Anticipatory Recognition of Racism among Black Tech Professionals

Marbella Eboni Hill, North Carolina State University

Speaker(s)

Marbella Eboni Hill, Assistant professor of sociology Sociology and Anthropology Department Gender/Sexuality, Race, and Class

Lecture Time:

Friday, September 18, 2026 @ 1:30 pm

Lecture Location:

R2240, Ross building

Lily Hsueh, Arizona State University

Private Actors, Public Governance: Policy Signals, Managerial Agency, and Corporate Climate Action

Lily Hsueh, Arizona State University

Speaker(s)

Lily Hsueh ,Associate Professor, School of Public Affairs , Senior Global Futures Scientist, Julie Ann Wrigley Global Futures Laboratory Affiliate Scholar, Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment ,

Lecture Time:

Friday, September 25, 2026 @ 1:30 pm

Lecture Location:

R2240, Ross building

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