Sarah Stafford Sims
| Sarah Jane Stafford Sims (English professor at Campbellsville University | |||
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| Born | 1967 Resides in Yosemite near Liberty, Casey County, Kentucky | ||
| Spouse | Ronald Dale Sims (married 2011) | ||
| Religion | Christian Church | ||
Sarah Jane Stafford Sims (born July 1, 1967) is the chairman of the Division of Humanities and an English professor at the Southern Baptist-affiliated Campbellsville University in Campbellsville in Taylor County in central Kentucky.[1]
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.[2]
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."[3]
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.[4]
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."[4]
In 2011, Sarah Stafford wed Ronald Dale Sims, a son of the late Willard and Violet Sims, at the Mount Olive First Christian Church in Yosemite, where the couple resides.[5]
References
- ↑ Sarah Sims. Mylife.com. Retrieved on April 8, 2020.
- ↑ Kenneth Myrl Stafford. old.findagrave.com. Retrieved on December 22, 2017.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 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.
- ↑ Engagement: Stafford-Sims. Caseynews.net (May 17, 2011). Retrieved on December 22, 2017.
