KUWABARA Tsukasa

Professional Career

In Japanese

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

Academic Qualifications

• Ph.D. conferred in March 2000 (by The Sociology of Social Processes).

Research Projects

• Symbolic Interactionism in Japan: Its Past and Present

Papers in English

• Tsukasa Kuwabara et al., 2026, Herbert Blumer and the Chicago Tradition, Journal of Economics and Sociology, Kagoshima University, 106: 75-83.
• Tsukasa Kuwabara, 2020, Media Harassment in Japan: An Interactionist Approach, Discussion Papers In Economics and Sociology, 2001: 1-8.
• 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.
• Tsukasa Kuwabara, 2019, “Symbolic Interactionism Notes” Web Release, Journal of Economics and Sociology, Kagoshima University, 93: 33-39(Includes the abstract of the master's thesis.).
• Naoki Yoshihara, Tatsumi Naitoh, Tsukasa Kuwabara et al., 1999, Study on Volunteer Fire Corps and Its Role in the Process of Community Building for Disaster Prevention, Dai-ichi Housing Construction Association.