Since 1981, Alan Zaremba has been on the faculty of Northeastern University in the Department of Communication Studies. He received a Ph.D. from the University of Buffalo and both his MS and BA from SUNY Albany. From 1976 until 1981 Alan was at the State University of New York at Fredonia where he was tenured in his fifth year at the school. 

Dr. Zaremba has twice been a recipient of Northeastern’s Excellence in Teaching Award and also earned the State University of New York Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching. In 2001 he was one of two alumni to win his alma mater’s excellence in education award. Zaremba served as the Associate Dean for Undergraduate programs from 2010 through 2017 and in that role was responsible for curricular development within the College of Arts, Media, and Design. He has also developed curriculum across disciplines working for the university’s colleges of Engineering, D’Amore McKim School of Business, and College of Professional Studies. 

He has three texts with Kendall Hunt: Speaking Professionally: Influence, Power and Responsibility at the Podium (3e), Organizational Communication (4e), and Sport Communication (2e). His newest Kendall Hunt project, entitled Sports Ethics: Challenges for Athletes and Management, is currently in production. Professor Zaremba has also written books on the diverse subjects of college basketball fan behavior; crisis communication; and the 1973 Middle East war. He has been invited to contribute chapters to anthologies in sport management; crisis and risk communication; Afrocentricity; Organizational Behavior; and the Middle East conflict.