Dr. Kim Rocheville is an Assistant Professor of Management at Creighton University's Heider College of Business. She graduated from Boston College where she earned her Ph.D. in Organization Studies. She earned her M.B.A. from Boston University and her B.S. in Management from Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Before pursuing her graduate studies, Dr. Rocheville worked in Operations Management for over 5 years for corporations large and small, ranging from an energy company that designed and built air pollution control equipment for power plants, to a startup research and consulting firm based in Harvard Square, Cambridge, MA. Dr. Rocheville's research explores questions regarding how individuals and organizations navigate momentous challenges and adverse events. Such events have widespread and long-lasting effects on individuals and organizations alike as they disrupt routines, obscure an established sense of meaning, and evoke intense and often complicated emotional responses.  She has presented her research at international conferences including the Academy of Management Conference, the European Group for Organizational Studies (EGOS) Colloquium, the Positive Organizational Scholarship conference, and the Positive Relationships at Work Conference. Dr. Rocheville is an active member of the Academy of Management and the Positive Organizational Scholarship Community.