Sarah Binder

Binder graduated with a B.A. in political science from Yale University in 1986 and earned a PhD from the University of Minnesota in 1995.{{Cite web |title=Sarah A. Binder |url=https://www.brookings.edu/people/sarah-a-binder/ |access-date=2025-01-22 |website=Brookings |language=en-US}}

Binder started her career serving as Lee Hamilton's legislative aide and press secretary from 1986 to 1990. In 1995, Binder became a research fellow at the Brookings Institution, where she serves as a senior fellow in Governance Studies.{{Cite news|url=https://www.brookings.edu/experts/sarah-a-binder/|title=Sarah A. Binder|date=2016-02-16|publisher=Brookings Institution|access-date=2018-12-04|language=en-US}}{{Cite news|url=https://thehill.com/capital-living/cover-stories/112741-the-roots-of-august-recess|title=The roots of August recess|last=Ruyle|first=Megan|date=2010-08-05|work=The Hill|access-date=2018-12-04|language=en}} She also served as Robert Hartley Research Fellow and in 1999, joined George Washington University, where she serves as a professor of political science.{{Cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB94262090283103601|title=Congressional Partisanship Creates a Tower of Babel|work=Wall Street Journal|access-date=2018-12-04|language=en-US}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.rollcall.com/news/harry_reid_move_senate_rule_not_big_deal-209380-1.html|title=Reid's Move on Senate Rule Is Not a Big Deal|date=2011-10-11|work=Roll Call|access-date=2018-12-04|language=en}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/10/opinion/how-to-use-mcconnells-playbook.html|title=Opinion {{!}} How to Use McConnell's Playbook|work=The New York Times |date=10 February 2017 |access-date=2018-12-04|language=en |last1=Leonhardt |first1=David }}{{Cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424127887323848804578605840784361484|title=Closed-Door Showdown on Filibuster Fight|last=Boles|first=Corey|work=Wall Street Journal|access-date=2018-12-04|language=en-US}}

Binder is a member of the Center for Effective Public Management and serves as President of the Midwest Political Science Foundation for the 2018–2019 term.{{Cite web |title=Current Officers |url=https://www.mpsanet.org/About-MPSA/Governance/Current-Officers |access-date=2018-12-04 |website=www.mpsanet.org |language=en-US}} She also chairs the MPSA's publishing-ethics committee, which oversees the editorial process at the American Journal of Political Science to guard against conflict-of-interest concerns.{{cite web |last=Heeke |first=Melissa |date=2018-08-10 |title=Some Details about New AJPS Submission Requirements |url=https://ajps.org/2018/08/10/new-ajps-submission-requirements/ |access-date=2018-12-06 |website=American Journal of Political Science}}

Binder has authored and co-authored different books and various publications.{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/people/sarah-binder/|title=Washington Post: Sarah Binder (body of work)|newspaper=The Washington Post }}

Among her notable works are:

• Minority Rights, Majority Rule: Partisanship and the Development of Congress (1997){{Cite book|title=Minority Rights, Majority Rule: Partisanship and the Development of Congress: Sarah A. Binder: 9780521587921: Amazon.com: Books|isbn=978-0521587921|last1=Binder|first1=Sarah A.|date=1997-06-13|publisher=Cambridge University Press }}
• Stalemate: Causes and Consequences of Legislative Gridlock (2003){{Cite news|url=https://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/politics/126479-divided-government-is-bad-for-obama|title=Divided government is bad for Obama|last=Kim|first=Barbra|date=2010-10-29|work=TheHill|access-date=2018-12-04|language=en}}{{Cite book|title=Stalemate: Causes and Consequences of Legislative Gridlock: Sarah A. Binder: 9780815709114: Amazon.com: Books|isbn=978-0815709114|last1=Binder|first1=Sarah A.|year=2003|publisher=Brookings Institution Press |url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/stalematecausesc00bind}}
• Advice and Dissent: The Struggle to Shape the Federal Judiciary (together with Forrest Maltzman, 2009){{Cite book|title=Advice and Dissent: The Struggle to Shape the Federal Judiciary: Sarah A. Binder, Forrest Maltzman: 9780815703402: Amazon.com: Books|isbn=978-0815703402|last1=Binder|first1=Sarah A.|last2=Maltzman|first2=Forrest|year=2009|publisher=Brookings Institution Press }}
• The Myth of Independence: How Congress Governs the Federal Reserve (together with Mark Spindel, 2017){{Cite web|url=https://press.princeton.edu/interviews/qa-11123|title=Princeton University Press: Q & A with Sarah Binder & Mark Spindel}}{{Cite book|url=https://press.princeton.edu/titles/11123.html|title=The Myth of Independence|publisher=Princeton University Press|date=5 September 2017 |isbn=9780691163192 |language=en|access-date=2018-12-04 |last1=Binder |first1=Sarah A. |last2=Spindel |first2=Mark }}

Binder served as co-editor of the Wiley Library's publication Legislative Studies Quarterly and also serves as and editor and contributor of the Washington Post's Monkey Cage blog.{{Cite web|url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal/19399162/homepage/editorialboard.html|title=Editorial Board of Legislative Studies Quarterly}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2014/01/01/about-the-monkey-cage/|title=About the Monkey Cage Blog – Editor Sarah Binder|newspaper=The Washington Post }}{{Cite news|url=https://www.rollcall.com/news/nuclear-summer-for-the-senate|title='Nuclear' Summer for the Senate?|last=Lesniewski|first=Niels|date=2013-05-20|work=Roll Call|access-date=2018-12-04|language=en}}

In 2003, Binder received the American Political Science Association's (APSA) Richard F. Fenno, Jr. Prize, recognizing her book "Stalemate" as the best book in legislative politics.{{Cite web|url=https://www.apsanet.org/section-3-richard-f-fenno-prize|title=American Political Science Association > MEMBERSHIP > Organized Sections > Organized Section 3: Richard F. Fenno Prize|website=www.apsanet.org|language=en-US|access-date=2018-12-04}}

In 2015, she became an elected member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

In 2018, she was awarded APSA's Gladys M. Kammerer Award for the best book published in the field of U.S. national policy in 2017.{{Cite web|url=https://connect.apsanet.org/apsa2018/2018-award-winners/|title=2018 Award Recipients – 2018 APSA Annual Meeting|website=connect.apsanet.org|language=en-US|access-date=2018-12-04}}

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