Dr. Cecil E. Canton is a tenured professor in the Division of Criminal Justice at CSU Sacramento. He is the California Faculty Association Associate Vice President and Chair of the Council for Affirmative Action.

Dr. Canton is the co-author/editor of The Politics of Survival in Academia: Narratives of Inequity, Resilience, and Success (Rowman & Littlefield, 2002), a book dealing with the issues of diversity, identity and authenticity in higher education.

Professor Canton is a member of the Membership Advisory Committee and the Higher Education Sub-Committee of the National Education Association (NEA).

Prof. Canton was the recipient of the CFA 2005 Mario Savio Equal Rights Award in recognition of his leadership in the promotion of Equal Rights in the California State University.