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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. 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."<ref>Joan C. McKinney, "In Memoriam, You Did Good Work: Dr. Robert "Bob" Doty dies at age 84|publisher=''The Campbellsvillian: The Magazine for Alumni and Friends of Campbellsville University,'' Spring 2020, Vol. 17 No. 3., pp. 36-37.</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."<ref>Joan C. McKinney, "In Memoriam, You Did Good Work: Dr. Robert "Bob" Doty dies at age 84, ''The Campbellsvillian: The Magazine for Alumni and Friends of Campbellsville University,'' Spring 2020, Vol. 17 No. 3., pp. 36-37.</ref>  

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> 

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>