KUWABARA Tsukasa

About Me

　Born in Saitama Prefecture, Jan. 21st 1970.
　I lived in Leeds, UK for around 2 years with my family when I was 6. Because of this, I had to cram 6 years of Elementary school into just 3, which caused me to be bad at Kanji stroke order even to this day. In Elementary 5th grade, an event[http://hdl.handle.net/10232/19778] occurred that caused me to become extremely interested in the idea of "Social Construction of Reality."
　In the spring of 1985, I entered Kyushu International University High School. In 88, I graduated from there, and entered Kumamoto University's Faculty of Letters, Department of Regional Science.
　From April 89, I was in the Japanese Folklore course, however from 91, due to the beneficial influence of Prf. Hiroaki Taguchi[http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%94%B0%E5%8F%A3%E5%AE%8F%E6%98%AD], I decided to change to the Sociology course instead.
　In 93, I graduated and then went straight into the University's post graduate couse as an auditing student for 1 year. During this time, I focused all my energy on the study of Symbolic Interactionism, especially the works of Herbert Blumer.
　In 94, I entered the graduate school of Tohoku University and completed my course work without degree in March 99.
　I specialize in Sociology, specifically Symbolic Interactionism. At present I am pursuing my interest in the theorizing of communication, human relations and consensus using the works of such academics as Blumer, Tamotsu Shibutani and T. J. Scheff who are known members of the prestigious Chicago School of Sociology.
　URL: http://researchmap.jp/read0073616/

Professional Career

• Professor at Kagoshima University (2012, 4〜)
• Associate Professor at Kagoshima University (2001, 4〜)
• Full‐time Lecturer at Kagoshima University (1999, 10〜)
• Ph.D. applicant (1999, 3〜2000, 2)

Academic Qualifications

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

Articles in English

• Tsukasa Kuwabara and Ken'ichi Yamaguchi, 2013, An Introduction to the Sociological Perspective of Symbolic Interactionism, The Joint Journal of the National Universities in Kyushu, Education and Humanities, 1(1): 1-11.
• Naoki Yoshihara, Tatsumi Naitou, Tsukasa Kuwabara, Raphaella D. Dwianto, Ayami Saitou, Tetsu Sueyoshi and Atsushi Takeda, 1999, 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, The Dai-ichi Life Foundation.