!'''Professional Career''' * Professor at Kagoshima University (2012, 4¡Á) * Associate Professor at Kagoshima University (2001, 4¡Á) * Full¡¾time Lecturer at Kagoshima University (1999, 10¡Á) * Ph.D. applicant (1999, 4¡Á2000, 3) !'''Academic Qualifications''' * Ph.D. conferred in March 2000 * Doctoral course at the graduate school of Tohoku University, coursework completed without degree (1996, 4¡Á1999, 3) * Master's course at the graduate school of Tohoku University (1994, 4¡Á1996, 3) * Kumamoto University (1988, 4¡Á1993, 3) !'''Article in English''' * Tsukasa Kuwabara and Ken'ichi Yamaguchi, 2013, [An Introduction to the Sociological Perspective of Symbolic Interactionism|http://id.nii.ac.jp/1066/00000183/], ''The Joint Journal of the National Universities in Kyushu, Education and Humanities'', 1(1): 1-11. !'''External Links''' *[Researchers at Kagoshima University|http://ris.kuas.kagoshima-u.ac.jp/html/100004631_en.html] *[Researchmap|http://researchmap.jp/read0073616/?lang=english]