Cecil Hale has been a full-time faculty member within the Broadcast Electronic Media Arts department at City College of San Francisco since 1986. He was awarded tenure in 1988. In addition to his department assignment he also serves as by-courtesy professor in the department of African-American Studies. His teaching assignments have included: (1) Audio Production, (2) Digital Audio, (3) Television Production,(4) Announcing and Performance, (5)  Multi-track Audio, (6) Mass Media and Society, (7), Radio Management and Production, (8) and Internships. He is also General Manager of KCSF-FM, the campus-based city-wide radio station.  His course, Minorities and the Mass Media, is the only offering within the department granted Honors classification by the college. He has served on numerous college-wide committees and was awarded Great Teacher of the Year honors by the college and Academic Senate in 1991.

Hale's previous and concurrent assignments have included stints as (1) Lecturer, Mass Media Institute/Department of Communication at Stanford University (six years), (2) Lecturer, Music/Recording Industry Program at San Francisco State University (10 years) , and (3) Lecturer, Broadcast Communication Arts department at San Francisco State University.

Before the academy, Dr, Hale was an active member of the Hollywood entertainment industry where he served as Vice-President/ A & R and General Manager of the Urban Music Division of Capitol Records. His many executive producer credits include projects with such artists as Natalie Cole, Peabo Bryson, Maze, Minnie Ripperton, Angela Winbush, Taste of Honey, George Duke, and  Nancy Wilson. Prior to Capitol, Hale was National Director of Promotion/Publicity/Urban Music for Phonogram/Mercury Records of the Polygram Group.
 
Hale's broadcast media experience includes many years as performer and programmer for several major market radio stations and of being a fixture in Chicago radio for a decade at WVON. His television experience includes productions of many local educational projects and serving as Media Advisor/Network Television to the Federal Republic of Nigeria in the early '80's.

He is former National President of the National Association of Television and Radio Artists. (NATRA)

Dr. Hale is a member of several trade organizations and is an associate member of the American Bar Association. He is an elected Fellow of the Society for Values in Higher Education. He is also member of several civic organizations including the NAACP, a Founding Member of Operation PUSH, and others. He currently serves as the National President of the African-American Alumni Association of Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government. His biography is listed in Marquis Who’s Who in the West, Who’s Who in America, and Who’s Who in the World. He was chosen and participated as a 2000 national academic participant by the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.

A much sought after speaker on issues regarding media, race, new media, and public policy, Hale is quoted in many articles and books and is a member of the Advisory Board for the Annual Edition of Race and Ethnic Relations (Dushkin). 

Professor Hale's academic preparation includes the Ph.D. in Communication (Union Institute '78), M.P.A. (Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government '95), M.A. in Communications (IUC '75) and was a Fellow at U.C./Berkeley ('92). His undergraduate studies were at Southern Illinois University.