Or Vallah earned her PhD in Art History, along with a certificate in Disability Studies from the University of Washington (2025). Her dissertation, (Dis)ability and the Making of the Early Modern Artist, reveals how artists represented their corporeality and embodiment in their writing, artworks, and notions about art-making. Her research pioneered a reading of fluidity as a defining characteristic of (dis)ability in early modern art, where it manifests not only in the subjects' experiences but also in the artistic techniques and media employed. By highlighting the fluidity between techniques and media as a hallmark of (dis)ability in early modern art, this study paves the way for a nuanced understanding of (dis)ability aesthetics in the early modern world, contributing valuable insights to ongoing scholarly efforts to define disability aesthetics. Before joining the University of Washington, Or gained experience in museum and public-facing cultural work at the Negev Museum of Art in Beer-Sheva, the Ilana Goor Museum in Jaffa, and the Tel Aviv Museum of Art. She is currently working on a book manuscript based on her dissertation research and has several forthcoming publications, including in the Renaissance Quarterly.