<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news/blog/2022/ceyda-mumcu.php" dsn="blogs"><type>Internal</type><external_link/><featured/><category>The Charger Blog</category><pubDate>03/15/2022</pubDate><title>Professor’s Research Focuses on Impact of Women’s Sports in Advancing Social Change</title><description>Ceyda Mumcu, Ph.D., a former professional athlete, is passionate about fostering meaningful change in sports while promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion. Her research examines the increasing interest in women’s sports, as well as the ways in which leagues, teams, and the athletes themselves are advocating for change.</description><hide-description/><author>Renee Chmiel, Office of Marketing and Communications</author><author-details/><hide-author/><date>March 15, 2022</date><image><img src="https://newhaven.edu/_resources/images/business/news/2022/ceyda-mumcu.jpg" alt="Ceyda Mumcu, Ph.D., an associate professor and chair of sport management at the University."/></image><image-caption>Ceyda Mumcu, Ph.D., an associate professor and chair of sport management at the University.</image-caption><hide-image/><tags><tag>News</tag><tag>news-all</tag><tag>news-blog</tag><tag>year-2022</tag></tags></item>