Complex sentence: He received his B.A. from Wesleyan University in 1987, Ph.D. from Duke University in 1993, and taught for a number of years at the University of Chicago before joining UCLA in 2003.
Split into simpler sentences: He received his B.A. from Wesleyan University in 1987 and Ph.D. from Duke University in 1993. He taught for a number of years at the University of Chicago before joining UCLA in 2003.