Complex sentence: In addition to being an author, Grodstein is also a college English professor, beginning her teaching career at Columbia University in New York from 1999 to 2001, and was an adjunct assistant professor in the creative writing department in 2004.
Split into simpler sentences: In addition to being an author, Grodstein is also a college English professor. Lauren Grodstein started teaching at Columbia University in New York from 1999 to 2001, and was an adjunct assistant professor in the creative writing department in 2004.