Beverly Goodman, the inaugural recipient of the Cecelia Connelly Scholarship, has continued to work in the realm of underwater archaeology and geology since she received the award in 2004. After receiving her award she completed a Ph.D. in Geology at McMaster University (2006), was a Fulbright Scholar (2005), and held a postdoctoral position at the Interuniversity Institute of Marine Sciences in Eilat (‘IUI’), Israel. Today she is an assistant professor at the University of Haifa’s Leon Charney School of Marine Sciences and an associate scientist at the IUI (2010-present). Because of her contributions in discovery and research methods underwater she has received numerous awards and fellowships including being recognized by National Geographic as an “Emerging Explorer” (2009) and “Ocean Hero” (2011). NOAA included Beverly within their Ocean Explorer website series (2011), showcasing her work on “OceanAGE Careers” and she became a fellow international of the Explorer’s Club (2007). She has been invited to share her work and field experiences in lectures around the world for academic institutions, professional organizations, and business people. A few of her current projects include an underwater geoarchaeological study at the Caesarea Coastal Archaeological Project Israel; the Eastern Mediterranean Tsunami Project; Red Sea Aquacultural Impact Study; and many others throughout the world. She is a scientific advisor and board member of Ecoocean Marine Research and Education and the Institute of Alpine Archaeology. She has reviewed dozens of academic papers and scientific grant proposals. National Geographic’s grade school textbooks include Dr. Goodman’s work in marine sedimentology, tsunamis, and underwater archaeology, as examples within the sciences and social studies curriculum. Dr. Goodman is also an active collaborator on research, hailing from exploration logs of Bob Ballard’s Nautilus research ship. Her laboratory, Marine Geoarchaeology and Micropaleontology Laboratory (MGM Lab) opened in 2013, is where the project lab analysis takes place, and is home to master’s, doctoral, and postdoctoral students. In collaboration with the University of Haifa Leon Charney School of Marine Science’s Department of Marine Biology and the Israel Antiquities Authority, she also is responsible for supporting a well-equipped field workshop including underwater excavation, coring, and scientific technical diving (open and closed circuit) for the purpose of advancing underwater field research (multi-disciplinary: geology, archaeology, and biology). This past year, Avi Shapiro, the head of the Israel Prime Minister’s office steering committee for assessing national risk, used Dr. Goodman’s findings in Caesarea as the basis for determining the run-up heights and inundation maximums in the national tsunami risk maps. “Through my research, I hope to better understand the complex interactions between natural and anthropogenic activities that intersect at the coastline.”