At the university of Almería, Dr. Valles Calatrava has been vice secretary-general between 1993 and 1995, vice president of Academic Planning between 1995 and 1997 and he was a member of the Academic Committee for PhD Students in Humanities and Social Studies. Additionally, he became head of the Department of Art and Literature at the
Instituto de Estudios Almerienses (1989-1993). Currently, Dr. Valles Calatrava leads the Theory of Literature and Comparative Literature research group. He is also member of several Andalusian writers' and critics' associations. He has directed various doctoral theses, has given numerous lectures and courses in Spain and abroad, has conducted several research stays at foreign universities, particularly the
UNAM, and has obtained several grants in Spain, both public and private, to undertake investigation projects. He has researched comprehensively on crime fiction, space and narrative character and theories of narrative and the historic development of these such theories. He is author of numerous scientific publications and has coordinated several academics works. ==Literary work==