Complex sentence: Cavanaugh taught international affairs and Soviet and East European studies at Youngstown State University in Ohio before entering the Foreign Service where he would work for twenty-two years with a focus on conflict resolution, assistance, and humanitarian issues.
Split into simpler sentences: Cavanaugh taught international affairs and Soviet and East European studies at Youngstown State University in Ohio before entering the Foreign Service. He worked there for twenty-two years, focusing on conflict resolution, assistance, and humanitarian issues.