Management School Professor Designated a Master Teacher

Cesar Bandera, associate professor of entrepreneurship at Martin Tuchman School of Management, has been named a Master Teacher by NJIT’s provost. The designation is the highest distinction given to a tenured faculty member at the university who has a sustained and recognized record of teaching excellence.

By definition, “a Master Teacher is expected to not only have a strong record of teaching students individually and in groups, but also to be a leader in pedagogy, a mentor to faculty and a ‘teacher of teachers.’” Bandera has received many accolades over the years, and has strengthened MTSM’s innovation and entrepreneurship degree program.

As a Master Teacher, he will provide institutional leadership and guidance through NJIT’s Institute for Teaching Excellence, and further enhance the university’s learning environment.

“It helps when you love what you do. It also helps that entrepreneurship pedagogy is a hot research area whose results one can put directly into practice in the classroom,” said Bandera, who is one of three faculty members named Master Teacher this past academic year. “I am extremely honored by the designation, and humbled by the caliber of my fellow designees. This motivates me further to ‘pay it forward.’”