About

The Author

Dr. Ryan Eanes is an award-winning educator and faculty member in the Department of Advertising and Public Relations at Klein College of Media and Communication of Temple University in Philadelphia. His courses on brand strategy and advertising psychology are perennially popular among students of advertising and unrelated disciplines alike. After spending nearly a decade working in the commercial sector at the intersection of television, the Internet, and social media, Eanes earned his Ph.D. in Media Studies from the University of Oregon in 2015. He is one of a distinguished few to have earned the Master-level Insights Professional Certification (IPC) from the Insights Association, underscoring his commitment to both marketing research and pedagogical advancement. Dr. Eanes lives in downtown Wilmington, Delaware with Hiro, his trusty Shiba Inu, who is also one of the namesakes of Huxley & Hiro, the bookstore that Eanes co-owns.

This Site

As part of a new initiative developed by the Office of the Provost, Dr. Eanes was selected as one of three faculty members from Temple University’s main campus in Philadelphia who would spend the Spring 2024 semester teaching at TU Japan in Tokyo. This blog was set up to serve several functions–as a contemporaneous account of the experience, as an informal travel guide, and as a resource for other faculty members who visit TUJ in future semesters.