Randall lahir di Queens, New York City, New York. Anjeuna mangrupa alumna ti Hampshire College Summer Studies in Mathematics; sarta anjeunna lulus ti Stuyvesant High School dina taun 1980, di mana anjeunna mangrupakeun sakelas sasama fisikawan sareng popularizer sains Brian Greene. Anjeunna meunang tempat kahiji dina 1980 Westinghouse Science Talent Search dina yuswa 18; sarta di Harvard University, Randall earned boh BA dina fisika (1983) jeung PhD dina fisika partikel teoritis (1987) dina Howard Georgi.
Kota New York