PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Blinne, Kristen C. TI - Applying (Com)passion in the Academy AID - 10.1525/dcqr.2016.5.1.92 DP - 2016 Mar 01 TA - Departures in Critical Qualitative Research PG - 92--101 VI - 5 IP - 1 4099 - http://dcqr.ucpress.edu/content/5/1/92.short 4100 - http://dcqr.ucpress.edu/content/5/1/92.full AB - In this short essay, I start with the question: What is the cost of caring in the academy? I explore this by considering how we, as academics, can continue this conversation by daring to care about our own and others' work, and by not silencing but compassionately supporting each other's voices and passions regarding our work and lives.