His research agenda includes studying the effects of educational policy on Latina/o and Chicana/o students and communities. He has published articles in Equity and Excellence in Education, Educational Administration Quarterly, and Educational Policy, and has a chapter in the edited book To What Ends and by What Means? The Social Justice Implications of Contemporary School Finance Theory and Policy (edited by G. M. Rodriguez & R. A. Rolle, 2007). Most recently, Alemán has worked with colleague Dolores Delgado Bernal to create and institute a university-school-community partnership with Jackson Elementary School in Salt Lake City.