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.
[2] Binder started her career serving as Lee Hamilton's legislative aide and press secretary from 1986 to 1990.
[5][6][7][8] 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.
[9] 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.
[11] Among her notable works are: 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.