Tássia Rabelo de Pinho holds a PhD in political sciences and is a professor at the Federal University of Paraíba. She has expertise in gender, politics, and party politics. Her research about violence against women in politics investigates that phenomenon at the Chamber of Deputies and in the electoral process in Brazil. Her work has been published in the journal Estudos Feministas and received the Marielle Franco Award from the Latin American Studies Association (LASA).