Ariana J. Valle

Arianna Valle portrait

Assistant Professor

2243 Social Sciences and Humanities
Office Hours
by appointment
Education and Degree(s)
  • Ph.D. Sociology, University of California, Los Angeles
  • M.A. Sociology, University of California, Los Angeles
  • B.A. Economics, University of California, San Diego
Honors and Awards
  • Latina Futures 2050 Lab Fellow, 2023-2024
  • Society of Hellman Fellow, 2023-2024
  • Honorable Mention, Distinguished Contribution to Research Article Award, American Sociological Association Section on Latina/o Sociology, 2024
  • Center for the Advancement of Multicultural Perspectives on Social Sciences, Arts, and Humanities, Faculty Fellow, 2021-2022
  • Maria Cristina Riegos Student Paper Award, American Sociological Association Section on Latina/o Sociology, 2019
  • Aristide Zolberg Distinguished Student Scholar Award, American Sociological Association Section on International Migration, 2019
Courses
  • Soc 4: Immigration & Opportunity
  • Soc 104: International Migration
  • Soc 130: Race Relations
  • Soc 195: Deconstructing Latinos & Latinidad
Research Interests & Expertise
  • (im)migration
  • race, ethnicity, & racialization
  • political sociology
  • Latina/o/x sociology & politics
  • qualitative methods
Publications
  • In Press. Valle, Ariana J. "Political Bridging and Struggles in Puerto Rican/Latino Solidarity Politics in Orlando." (Florida Historical Quarterly)
  • 2022. Valle, Ariana, J. "'He begins by targeting Mexicans and he will end with Puerto Ricans': Unpacking Florida Puerto Ricans' Politics of Immigration." Ethnic and Racial Studies 45(16): 237-260. https://doi.org/10.1080/01419870.2022.2052142
  • 2020. Valle, Ariana, J. "Second-Generation Central Americans and the Formation of an Ethnoracial Identity in Los Angeles." Identities: Global Studies in Power and Culture 27(2): 133-152. https://doi.org/10.1080/1070289X.2019.1587904
  • 2019. Valle, Ariana, J. "Race and the Empire-state: Puerto Ricans' Unequal U.S. Citizenship." Sociology of Race and Ethnicity 5(1): 26-40. https://doi.org/10.1177/2332649218776031
  • 2018. Valle, Ariana, J. “¡Puerto Rico Se Levanta!: Hurricane María and Narratives of Struggle, Resilience, and Migration.” QR 279. Quick Response Reports, Natural Hazards Center, University of Colorado.
  • 2015. Abrego, Leisy and Ariana J. Valle. “Salvadoran-Americans.” Oxford Bibliographies. New York: Oxford University Press. DOI: 10.1093/OBO/9780199913701-0096