Kimberly Sims
Assistant Professor
Department of History
- Professors Sims has received numerous awards and prizes, including the Thomas Temple Hoopes Prize for Excellence in Teaching and the Charles Warren Center Dissertation Writing Fellowship. She has served as tutor, research assistant, and writing instructor, as well as consultant for a PBS documentary on prohibition. Her dissertation is entitled “Building a Moral Citizenry: Blacks, Italians, and Crime in New York City, 1900- 1930.”
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Degrees
PhD, History, Harvard University
MA, History, Harvard University
BA, Social History/Anthropology and History, Carnegie Mellon -
Languages Spoken:
Reading knowledge of French and Italian - DOWNLOAD CV (PDF)
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OFFICE
- CAS - History
- Battelle Tompkins - 135
- W. 10am-12, 5:30-6:30pm & Tuesdays by Appointment
CONTACT INFO
- (202) 885-2331 (Office)
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SEE ALSO
- AU Department of History
Teaching
Spring 2013
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- HIST-481 Senior Thesis in History II
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- HIST-500 Studies in History: African-Amer Hist since 1865
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Scholarly, Creative & Professional Activities
Honors, Awards, and Fellowships
- 2007 Lloyd G. Sealy Library Fellow, John Jay College, City University of New York
- 2007 Balch Institute of Ethnic Studies Fellow, Pennsylvania Historical Society
Work In Progress
- "As Bad as the Negroes: Blacks, Italians, and the Politics of Crime in New York City, 1900-1951”
AU News and Achievements
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Professor Uncovers Historical NYC’s Underbelly
Sims' research focuses on the link between race and crime during the first half of the twentieth century...
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| Spring 2013 Exhibitions: Lee Haner, Painting Borges, and Saturation Point | 05/26/13 |
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