Elizabeth N. Saunders is an American political scientist. She is a professor of political science at Columbia University, a non-resident senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, and an editor of The Washington Post<nowiki/>'s Monkey Cage blog. She is known for her research examining the domestic politics of U.S. foreign policy and the foreign policy behavior of leaders.
Saunders holds a AB in physics and astronomy and astrophysics from Harvard College, a MPhil in international relations from the University of Cambridge, and a PhD in political science from Yale University.
Prior to joining Columbia, Saunders was an associate professor at Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service.