Julie Palais
Julie Michelle Palais (born September 2, 1956 in
Early life and education
Palais attended
Career and impact
For over 26 years Palais directed polar glaciology research as Program Director for the Division of Polar Programs Antarctic Glaciology Program at NSF.[2] In an effort to understand the history and dynamics of the Antarctic and Greenland ice sheets, NSF research programs focus on various glaciology aspects including the use of ice cores as global paleoclimate indicators. Palais made more than 27 trips to Antarctica and 3 to Greenland.
Palais is a member of numerous professional societies including the
Encore career
After her retirement from the National Science Foundation in 2016 she began a new career in the field of animal welfare. After completing a Post Graduate Certificate in 2017 from the University of Edinburgh (Royal Dick School of Veterinary Medicine) in International Animal Welfare, Ethics and Law (IAWEL) she did a Master of Science degree in Anthrozoology (Human-Animal Studies), at Canisius College in Buffalo, N.Y., graduating in the Spring of 2019. During her graduate degree in Anthrozoology she interned at the Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) in Washington, D.C. and she began looking at the data being collected by the FBI (since 2016) on animal cruelty in the U.S.
After graduating she continued her work looking at the animal cruelty data in the National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS) of the FBI. The analyses included not only state to state differences in the numbers of incidents reported but also the demographics of offenders, and the other criminal offenses co-occurring along with the incidents of animal cruelty. In addition, she noted the location, time of day and monthly variations of incidents of animal cruelty. She published her findings in four magazine articles in 2020, including an article in Public Management (International City/County Management Association);[3] an article in Animal Care & Control Today (National Animal Care & Control Association),[4] an article in Sheriff & Deputy Magazine (National Sheriff's Association)[5] and one in Police Chief Magazine (International Association of Chief's of Police).[6] Palais continues to do scholarly research on publishing a paper in the journal Social Sciences on the trends in animal cruelty from law enforcement agencies and how that relates to the potential for other crimes.[7]
In August 2021, Palais (under her pen name Julu[8][9][10]) published (Vajra Publications, Kathmandu, Nepal) the bilingual (English-Nepali) children’s book, “Sathi: The Street Dog from Kathmandu, Nepal”.[11]
Awards and honors
In 2007, the Explorers Club named her co-recipient of the
In 2017, the International Glaciological Society awarded Palais the Richardson Medal for 'For insightful and steadfast service to the U.S. and international glaciological and ice core science communities by enabling discoveries that have impacted the course of climate science and enlightened understanding of the important role of glaciology and the polar regions in global climate change'.[15]
In 2019, the University of New Hampshire (UNH) awarded Palais an honorary degree at its May 18 Commencement ceremony:
References
- ^ "Julie Palais". linkedin. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
- ^ "Julie Palais | National Science Foundation". www.nsf.gov. Retrieved 2016-07-17.
- ^ Palais, Julie M. "The Link Between Animal Cruelty and Public Safety: Defining the Role of the Animal Control Officer". Public Management. August 2020: 16–21.
- ^ Palais, Julie M. "Animal Cruelty in the U.S.: What you should know and how you can help". Animal Care & Control Today. Summer 2020: 19–23.
- ^ Palais, Julie M. "Crunching the Numbers on Cruelty: The National Incident-Based Reporting System Delivers Preliminary Data on Animal Cruelty Investigations". Sheriff & Deputy Magazine. 72 (5): 70–73.
- ^ Palais, Julie M. "Animal Cruelty Hurts People Too: How Animal Cruelty Crime Data Can Help Police Make Their Communities Safer for All". Police Chief Magazine. December 2020: 42–48.
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- ^ "Adventures of a Kathmandu street dog". Nepali Times. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
- ^ "Interview with Julie Palais". Facebook. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
- ^ "Interview with Julie Palais". Facebook. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
- ISBN 978-9937-624-10-7.
- ^ "Palais Glacier, Antarctica - Geographical Names, map, geographic coordinates". www.geographic.org. Retrieved 2016-07-17.
- ^ "Palais Bluff, Antarctica - Geographical Names, map, geographic coordinates". www.geographic.org. Retrieved 2016-07-17.
- ^ "Explorers Club to Honor NSF-Funded Researchers and Glaciologist for Climate-Science Breakthroughs | NSF - National Science Foundation". www.nsf.gov. Retrieved 2016-07-17.
- ^ "Richardson medal awardee 2017 - Julie M. Palais". www.igsoc.org.
- ^ "UNH Announces 2019 Granite State Award and Honorary Degree Recipients". UNH Today. 2019-04-23. Retrieved 2019-06-28.