Alan Schroeder - Faculty Profile

Alan Schroeder is an associate professor in the School of Journalism at Northeastern University in Boston, and the author of two non-fiction books: Presidential Debates: 40 Years of High-Risk TV (Columbia University Press, 2000) and Celebrity-in-Chief: How Show Business Took Over the White House (Westview Press, 2004). Schroeder has also written for the Washington Post, Boston Globe, and Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, among other publications. A frequent press commentator, he has been quoted as an expert source by the New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, and USA Today. His TV and radio interviews include ABC, the BBC, CBS, CNN, C-SPAN, MSNBC, the Fox News Channel, and NPR’s Fresh Air, All Things Considered, and Morning Edition. Schroeder's pre-academic career included stints as a journalist, television producer, and diplomat. A native of Kansas, Schroeder lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.