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Citations
4473
World Ranking
1583
National Ranking
793

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2018 - Barbara Sinclair Lecture, American Political Science Association (APSA)
  • 2018 - Gladys M. Kammerer Award, American Political Science Association (APSA)
  • 2015 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Overview

Sarah A. Binder is affiliated with George Washington University in the United States. Their research spans multiple disciplines including social sciences and medicine, with a primary focus on political science and international relations as well as radiology, nuclear medicine, and imaging.

Their recent publications reflect a diverse set of topics and venues. These include:

  • "Marching (Senate Style) Towards Majority Rule" (2021) published in The Forum
  • "Bridging the Gap Between Political Science and Politics: Lessons Learned" (2021) published in Law Culture and the Humanities
  • "Imagining the Fed: The Struggle for the Heart of the Federal Reserve, 1913-1970. By Nicolas Thompson. Albany: SUNY Press, 2021. 224p. $95.00 cloth, $32.95 paper." (2022) published in Perspectives on Politics
  • "Comparison of FreeSurfer inputs on estimates and reliability of volume and thickness measures" (2022) published in Alzheimer's & Dementia
  • "Tweeter-in-chief: Dynamics of Trump's populist campaign against the Fed" (2024) published in Presidential Studies Quarterly

Key topics addressed in their work include electoral systems and political participation, judicial and constitutional studies, populism and right-wing movements, game theory and voting systems, as well as advanced MRI techniques and applications related to medicine. Their interdisciplinary focus extends to medical topics such as amyloidosis diagnosis and treatment, MRI in cancer diagnosis, and molecular biology.

Frequent collaborators in their work have included Trey Hedden, Carolina Ferreira-Atuesta, Lydia Piendel, Jacqueline M Emerson, and Nancy Andrew-Jaja.

Sarah A. Binder has published repeatedly in venues such as The Forum, Law Culture and the Humanities, Perspectives on Politics, Alzheimer's & Dementia, and Presidential Studies Quarterly. Their contributions cover both political science and medical fields.

The scientist has been recognized with several awards, including the Barbara Sinclair Lecture and the Gladys M. Kammerer Award from the American Political Science Association in 2018, and was named a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2015.

Best Publications

  • The Dynamics of Legislative Gridlock, 1947–96

    Sarah A. Binder

  • Stalemate: Causes and Consequences of Legislative Gridlock

    Sarah A. Binder

  • The Oxford Handbook of Political Institutions

    Roderick Rhodes;Sarah A. Binder;Bert A. Rockman

  • Minority Rights, Majority Rule: Partisanship and the Development of Congress

    Sarah A. Binder

  • Senatorial Delay in Confirming Federal Judges, 1947-1998

    Sarah A. Binder;Forrest Maltzman

  • Minority Rights, Majority Rule

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  • The Partisan Basis of Procedural Choice: Allocating Parliamentary Rights in the House, 1789-1990

    Sarah A. Binder

  • Uncovering the Hidden Effect of Party

    Sarah A. Binder;Eric D. Lawrence;Forrest Maltzman

  • Advice and Dissent: The Struggle to Shape the Federal Judiciary

    Sarah A. Binder;Forrest Maltzman

  • The Dysfunctional Congress

    Sarah Binder;Sarah Binder

  • Polarized We Govern

    Sarah Binder

  • Who Consents? Competing Pivots in Federal Judicial Selection

    David M. Primo;Sarah A. Binder;Forrest Maltzman

  • Making Deals in Congress

    Sarah A. Binder;Frances E. Lee

  • The Myth of Independence: How Congress Governs the Federal Reserve

    Sarah Binder;Mark Spindel

  • The Limits of Senatorial Courtesy

    Sarah A. Binder;Forrest Maltzman

  • Partisanship and Procedural Choice: Institutional Change in the Early Congress, 1789-1823

    Sarah A. Binder

  • Going Nuclear, Senate Style

    Sarah A. Binder;Anthony J. Madonna;Steven S. Smith

  • Tracking the Filibuster, 1917 to 1996:

    Sarah A. Binder;Eric D. Lawrence;Steven S. Smith

  • Senators on the Campaign Trail: The Politics of Representation, <i>by Richard F. Fenno, Jr.</i>

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  • Minority Rights, Majority Rule: Partisanship and the Development of Congress.

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  • Parties and Institutional Choice Revisited

    Sarah A. Binder

  • Senators' Home-State Reputations: Why Do Constituents Love a Bill Cohen so Much More than an Al D'Amato?

    Sarah Binder;Forrest Maltzman;Lee Sigelman

  • Political Goals and Procedural Choice in the Senate

    Sarah A. Binder;Steven S. Smith

  • Monetary Politics: Origins of the Federal Reserve

    Sarah Binder;Mark Spindel

Frequent Co-Authors

Forrest Maltzman
Forrest Maltzman George Washington University
Steven S. Smith
Steven S. Smith Washington University in St. Louis
Lee Sigelman
Lee Sigelman George Washington University
Roderick Rhodes
Roderick Rhodes University of Southampton
Alan S. Gerber
Alan S. Gerber Yale University
Eric Schickler
Eric Schickler University of California, Berkeley
Bert A. Rockman
Bert A. Rockman Purdue University West Lafayette
Frances E. Lee
Frances E. Lee Princeton University

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