Ariel Caroline Wilsey Gopp

Writer | Founder at Sereia

Professional Work

Founder at Sereia where we tell stories through spaces, brands, and words. Visit my website to read about the storytelling and communication work I do as Sereia's founder and communication professional.

Current Projects

The Serbia Project | A book project based on my MA Thesis - an autobiographical journey around language and identity loss.The Global East Project: What Kind of Asian are You? | Stories about growing up in California as a first generation American of mixed ethnic background.The Apprentice Dialogues Podcast Project with Michelle Arendt | An exploration around public scholarship and creativity. Pilot season currently stumbling about, looking for solid ground.Reimagining Applied Linguistics Through a Southern Lens: An Unbooking Approach | A collaborative writing project in conjunction with Pennsylvania State University, Portland State University, and internationally-based researchers, community members and scholars. Publication forthcoming.

Publications

  • The Unbooking Project. (Under contract). This is Not a Book: Reimagining ideas about language and knowledge through a Southern epistemic lens. Multilingual Matters.

  • Displaced: An Ethnography of Language and Identity Loss | Portland State University, 2025

  • Researcher and Co-author, Language Use in Somalia: Research Report - How Can We Speak the Truth if They Can’t Understand Us? | Clear Global and Portland State University, 2023 REPORT

  • Various co-author publications with Rodrigo Baena (Brazil), Michelle Arendt (University of Oregon) and a forthcoming publication with my daughter.

Licensed Real Estate Agent

I bring special care to the work I do as an Oregon real estate agent in order to help people make important transitions of space. Visit my website at REMAX Equity Group to find out more about why and how I engage in this practice and the particular expertise I bring to my work.

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