Dr. Khaula Murtadha is the Associate Vice Chancellor for Lifelong Learning at Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis (IUPUI). Dr. Murtadha received her Ph.D. in Educational Leadership and Policy Studies from Miami University. In addition to serving as the Associate Vice Chancellor, she also serves as the Executive Director of the Community Learning Network and is an Associate Professor of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies. Her research, teaching and service has focused on cultural issues in urban settings.

Murtadha has written about curriculum change for city schools that support the learning of Black children; spirituality; social justice activism and urban school leadership. She has published in many journals including Urban Education; Leadership and Policy in Schools; the Journal of Research in Educational Leadership and the Educational Administration Quarterly. The Encyclopedia of Educational Leadership and Administration, has published her work on the lives of Black women in educational leadership, Nannie Helen Burroughs; Septima Clark; Anna Julia Cooper; and Fannie Jackson Coppin.

Dr. Murtadha has been recognized for her outstanding research and work in the field of education. In 2010 the "100 Black Women of Indianapolis" honored her with the Education Breakthrough Award and the Indianapolis Public Schools recognized her with the Asa Hilliard Award. In 2008 she was awarded the Madame C.J. Walker Outstanding Woman of the Year by the Center for Leadership Development.

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