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Sims is the younger of two daughters of Kenneth Myrl Stafford (1920-1999) and the former Effie Hatter (1921-2007), who resided in Yosemite in Casey County in central Kentucky. The parents are interred at Middleburg Cemetery in Casey County.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://old.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=21166640|title=Kenneth Myrl Stafford|publisher=old.findagrave.com|accessdate=December 22, 2017}}</ref>

Sims is the younger of two daughters of Kenneth Myrl Stafford (1920-1999) and the former Effie Hatter (1921-2007), who resided in Yosemite in Casey County in central Kentucky. The parents are interred at Middleburg Cemetery in Casey County.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://old.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=21166640|title=Kenneth Myrl Stafford|publisher=old.findagrave.com|accessdate=December 22, 2017}}</ref>

Sarah Sims studied at Campbellsville College, as the institution was formerly known. She received her Bachelor of Science degree in 1989. In 1990, she received a [[Master of Arts]] from Eastern Kentucky University in Richmond. She joined the Campbellsville faculty  in 1993; in 2003, she completed her [[Ph.D.]] from the [[University of Kentucky]] at Lexington. In 2013, she received the annual CU  Challenger Award; in 2017, she received the "Distinguished Faculty Award," a prize that she said she did not deserve.<ref name=campbellsvillian>Josh Christian, "Dr. Sarah Stafford Sims receives the Distinguished Faculty Award from Campbellsville University," ''Campbellsvillian: The Magazine for Alumni and Friends of Campbellsville University,'' Vol. 15 (2017), 12.</ref> 

Sarah Sims studied at Campbellsville College, as the institution was formerly known. She received her Bachelor of Science degree in 1989. In 1990, she received a [[Master of Arts]] from Eastern Kentucky University in Richmond. She joined the Campbellsville faculty in 1993; in 2003, she completed her [[Ph.D.]] from the [[University of Kentucky]] at Lexington. Sims attributed the guidance of her professor and future colleague [[Robert Doty]], who first approached her about entering a Ph.D. program. "Every class I teach includes material I learned from him. So much of the best of what I know and do, I owe to him. Dr. Doty was an intellectual giant and irreplaceable mentor and friend. To have worked and studied with him is an immense blessing." 

 

In 2013, she received the annual CU  Challenger Award; in 2017, she received the "Distinguished Faculty Award," a prize that she said she did not deserve.<ref name=campbellsvillian>Josh Christian, "Dr. Sarah Stafford Sims receives the Distinguished Faculty Award from Campbellsville University," ''Campbellsvillian: The Magazine for Alumni and Friends of Campbellsville University,'' Vol. 15 (2017), 12.</ref> 

Donna Hedgepath, the CU provost and vice president for academic affairs, said that Sims "has a servant's heart in every way - toward students, colleagues, family, and friends. ... She spends the majority of her office hours with students, helping then with their writing or just offering support."<ref name=campbellsvillian/>

Donna Hedgepath, the CU provost and vice president for academic affairs, said that Sims "has a servant's heart in every way - toward students, colleagues, family, and friends. ... She spends the majority of her office hours with students, helping then with their writing or just offering support."<ref name=campbellsvillian/>