Complex sentence: Jennifer L. Lawless serves as the current director of the Women & Politics Institute, as well as an Associate Professor of Government at American University She received her Ph.D. in political science from Stanford University in 2003 and her B.A. in political science from Union College in 1997.
Split into simpler sentences: Jennifer L. Lawless serves as the current director of the Women & Politics Institute, as well as an Associate Professor of Government at American University. Prior to this she received her B.A. in political science from Union College in 1997.