Rafael A. Núñez Cedeño (born in the Dominican Republic) is an American researcher and writer on Hispanic linguistics, with a special focus on its phonology and morphology.
Núñez Cedeño is a professor emeritus at the University of Illinois Chicago.
[1] Núñez Cedeño was co-founder and is a current co-editor of Probus: International Journal of Romance Linguistics, published in Berlin, Germany,[2] and served as associate editor of Signos Lingüísticos, Miríada Hispánica, Modern Language Journal and País Cultural and was also a member of the editorial board of Cuadernos de Poética.
[3] Nuñez Cedeño is an emeritus Professor of Hispanic Linguistics in the Department of Hispanic and Italian Studies at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC)[4] and has taught either as a Visiting Assistant Professor or Full Professor at the University of Minnesota-Duluth, Indiana University, University of New Hampshire, Boston University, Universidad Central de Venezuela, Universidad de los Andes and Universidad de Maracaibo of Venezuela, Universidad Metropolitana Autónoma de Mexico, Colegio de Mexico, Colegio de Michoacán, Mexico and Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra, of Santiago and Santo Domingo.
He has been invited to conferences as a speaker and by selection in numerous academic institutions in the United States, Puerto Rico, Mexico, Venezuela, and Spain.