KUWABARA Tsukasa

Academic Qualifications

(1) Kumamoto University (1988,4〜1993,3).
(2) Auditing student at the graduate school of Kumamoto University (1993,4〜1994,3).
(3) Master's course at the graduate school of Tohoku University (1994,4〜1996,3).
(4) Doctoral course at the graduate school of Tohoku University, coursework completed without degree (1996,4〜1999,3).
(5) Ph.D. obtained in March 2000.

Professional Career

(1) Full‐time Lecturer at Kagoshima University (1999,10〜)
(2) Associate Professor at Kagoshima University (2001,4〜)
(3) Professor at Kagoshima University (2012,4〜).

Papers in English

• Naoki Yoshihara, Tatsumi Naitou, Tsukasa Kuwabara, Raphaella D. Dwianto, Ayami Saitou, Tetsu Sueyoshi and Atsushi Takeda, Study on Volunteer Fire Corps (Sho~bo~dan) and Its Role in the Process of Community Building for Disaster Prevention: The Case of Sendai City〔Abstract in English〕, 第一住宅建設協会, (1999).
• Tsukasa Kuwabara and Ken'ichi Yamaguchi, An Introduction to the Sociological Perspective of Symbolic Interactionism: Herbert Blumer's Perspective Revisited, Journal of Economics and Sociology, Kagoshima University, 67: 1-9, (2007).