"I" in academic and scholarly writing

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This is not a search for advice. This is a point of curiosity to me, because my education was sort of extreme and obsessive on this point, and it occurs to me that perhaps other fifth-graders were not scarred for life by writing papers that said things like "this author feels that Disney World would be an idea summer vacation destination for her family."

So, inquiring minds and all that....

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[shadowravyn.livejournal.com]

Wheres in my college and grad school, "I" is considered acceptable, as what you're putting forth are your thoughts and ideas. They're just backed up by people who have said the same thing previously and who have more letters after their name than you.

Of course, my degrees are in English, so YMMV.

[dulcinbradbury.livejournal.com]

English degree here as well & I'd never use "I" in formal writing. It sounds automatically informal and non-academic to me.