Sarah A. Binder is an American political scientist, author, senior fellow with the Brookings Institution, and professor of political science at George Washington University's Columbian College of Arts and Science.[1]
Sarah A. Binder | |
|---|---|
| Occupation(s) | Author Political scientist professor |
| Awards | American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2015) |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | University of Minnesota Yale University |
Early life and education
editBinder graduated with a B.A. in political science from Yale University in 1986 and earned a PhD from the University of Minnesota in 1995.
Career
editBinder 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.[2][3] She also served as Robert Hartley Research Fellow and in 1999, joined George Washington University, where she serves as a professor of political science.[4][5][6][7]
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.[8] 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.[9]
Publications
editBinder has authored and co-authored different books and various publications.[10]
Among her notable works are:
- Minority Rights, Majority Rule: Partisanship and the Development of Congress (1997)[11]
- Stalemate: Causes and Consequences of Legislative Gridlock (2003)[12][13]
- Advice and Dissent: The Struggle to Shape the Federal Judiciary (together with Forrest Maltzman, 2009)[14]
- The Myth of Independence: How Congress Governs the Federal Reserve (together with Mark Spindel, 2017)[15][16]
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.[17][18][19]
Awards
editIn 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.[20]
In 2015, she became an elected member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.[2]
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.[21]
References
edit- ^ "Sarah A. Binder | Department of Political Science | The George Washington University". politicalscience.columbian.gwu.edu. Retrieved 2018-12-04.
- ^ a b "Sarah A. Binder". Brookings Institution. 2016-02-16. Retrieved 2018-12-04.
- ^ Ruyle, Megan (2010-08-05). "The roots of August recess". The Hill. Retrieved 2018-12-04.
- ^ "Congressional Partisanship Creates a Tower of Babel". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 2018-12-04.
- ^ "Reid's Move on Senate Rule Is Not a Big Deal". Roll Call. 2011-10-11. Retrieved 2018-12-04.
- ^ Leonhardt, David (10 February 2017). "Opinion | How to Use McConnell's Playbook". The New York Times. Retrieved 2018-12-04.
- ^ Boles, Corey. "Closed-Door Showdown on Filibuster Fight". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 2018-12-04.
- ^ "Current Officers". www.mpsanet.org. Retrieved 2018-12-04.
- ^ Heeke, Melissa (2018-08-10). "Some Details about New AJPS Submission Requirements". American Journal of Political Science. Retrieved 2018-12-06.
- ^ "Washington Post: Sarah Binder (body of work)". The Washington Post.
- ^ Binder, Sarah A. (1997-06-13). Minority Rights, Majority Rule: Partisanship and the Development of Congress: Sarah A. Binder: 9780521587921: Amazon.com: Books. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0521587921.
- ^ Kim, Barbra (2010-10-29). "Divided government is bad for Obama". TheHill. Retrieved 2018-12-04.
- ^ Binder, Sarah A. (2003). Stalemate: Causes and Consequences of Legislative Gridlock: Sarah A. Binder: 9780815709114: Amazon.com: Books. Brookings Institution Press. ISBN 978-0815709114.
- ^ Binder, Sarah A.; Maltzman, Forrest (2009). Advice and Dissent: The Struggle to Shape the Federal Judiciary: Sarah A. Binder, Forrest Maltzman: 9780815703402: Amazon.com: Books. Brookings Institution Press. ISBN 978-0815703402.
- ^ "Princeton University Press: Q & A with Sarah Binder & Mark Spindel".
- ^ Binder, Sarah A.; Spindel, Mark (5 September 2017). The Myth of Independence. Princeton University Press. ISBN 9780691163192. Retrieved 2018-12-04.
- ^ "Editorial Board of Legislative Studies Quarterly".
- ^ "About the Monkey Cage Blog – Editor Sarah Binder". The Washington Post.
- ^ Lesniewski, Niels (2013-05-20). "'Nuclear' Summer for the Senate?". Roll Call. Retrieved 2018-12-04.
- ^ "American Political Science Association > MEMBERSHIP > Organized Sections > Organized Section 3: Richard F. Fenno Prize". www.apsanet.org. Retrieved 2018-12-04.
- ^ "2018 Award Recipients – 2018 APSA Annual Meeting". connect.apsanet.org. Retrieved 2018-12-04.