Dr. Valle is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of California, Davis. She is a scholar of migration, race and ethnicity, and political sociology focusing on the experiences of Latina/os in the United States. Her current book project, Citizenship in Contexts: How Puerto Ricans are Transforming Race, Latinidad, and Politics in Florida, draws on 112 in-depth interviews with Puerto Ricans and Latinos and 12 months of participant observation in Orlando, Florida to explain contemporary Puerto Rican migration and incorporation, intra-Puerto Rican and inter-Latino relations, and the making of Puerto Rican/Latino politics in Florida. 

​Dr. Valle’s research and scholarship are published in various outlets including Annual Review of Sociology,  Sociology of Race and Ethnicity, Ethnic and Racial Studies, Identities: Global Studies in Culture and Power, Oxford Bibliographies, The Florida Historical Quarterly, and Quick Response Reports. Her work has received generous grant and fellowship support from several institutions including: UCLA, New York University, UC Davis, the Latina Futures 2050 Lab, The LATINX Project, and the Natural Hazards Center.​