Alan Zaremba earned his Ph.D. from the University of Buffalo and his MS and BA from the University of Albany. He has been teaching at Northeastern University in the Department of Communication Studies since 1981. From 1976 until 1981 he was on the faculty at the State University of New York College at Fredonia.

In 2006 Dr. Zaremba's two most recent books, Speaking Professionally and Organizational Communication were published by Thomson South-Western. His book Crisis Communication: Theory and Practice is scheduled to be out in December of 2009. Also, Oxford University Press will be publishing the third edition of the Organizational Communication textbook in the fall of 2009. In August 2008, Alan was the keynote speaker at the 8th Annual International Conference on Knowledge, Culture, and Change in Organisations held at Cambridge University.

Zaremba has received several awards for excellence in teaching. He has twice earned Northeastern University's Excellence in Teaching Award, is a recipient of the State University of New York Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching, and in 2001 was one of two alums who received his alma mater's excellence in education alumni award. In addition to his work in the department of Communication Studies, Alan is the academic coordinator for graduate and undergraduate programs in corporate and organizational communication in the university's College of Professional Studies.