Complex sentence: Michael J. Watts (born 1951 in England) is "Class of 1963" Emeritus Professor of Geography and Development Studies at the University of California, Berkeley, retiring in 2016, and is a leading critical intellectual figure of the academic left.
Split into simpler sentences: Michael J. Watts (born 1951 in England) is "Class of 1963" Emeritus Professor of Geography and Development Studies at the University of California, Berkeley. He is a leading critical intellectual figure of the academic left.