Complex sentence: Karen Tei Yamashita (Born January 8,1951 in Oakland, California) is a Japanese American writer and Associate Professor of Literature at University of California, Santa Cruz, where she teaches creative writing and Asian American literature.
Split into simpler sentences: Karen Tei Yamashita (Born January 8,1951 in Oakland, California) is a Japanese-American writer. She is an Associate Professor of Literature at University of California, Santa Cruz, where she teaches creative writing and Asian American literature.