Complex sentence: Frank received a B.A. in comparative literature from New York University (1962) and a Ph.D. in comparative literature from Harvard University (1968), with a doctoral dissertation on "Wordplay in Old English Poetry".
Split into simpler sentences: Frank received a B.A. in comparative literature from New York University (1962) and a Ph.D. in comparative literature from Harvard University (1968). Her doctoral dissertation was on "Wordplay in Old English Poetry".