EDUCATION

Ph.D. in Astronomy, University of Washington, expected 2009

M.S. in Astronomy, University of Washington, August 2005

B.A. in Physics with a specialization in Astrophysics, University of Chicago, June 2003

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

Graduate Research Assistant, 2004 - Present
University of Washington
Mentor: Julianne Dalcanton
Studying star formation in nearby spiral galaxies with resolved stellar populations.
Studied galaxy evolution with the ESO Distant Cluster Survey.

Graduate Research Assistant, 2006
University of Washington
Mentor: Eric Agol
Reduced Spitzer spectra of the Einstein Cross gravitationally lensed quasar.

Senior Thesis Project, Sep. 2002 - Jun. 2003
University of Chicago
Mentor: Donald York
Studied the absorption profiles of Diffuse Interstellar Bands.

REU, Summer 2002
Arecibo Observatory
Mentors: Ramesh Bhat and Jeff Hagen
Modified software for pulsar polarimetry. Developed a Graphical User Interface for monitoring the compressors used by the telescope's receivers.

Undergraduate Research Assistant, Jan. 2001 - Jun. 2002
University of Chicago
Mentor: Simon Swordy
Developed software for cosmic-ray experiments and VERITAS.

Research Assistant, Summer 1999, 2000
Yale University
Mentor: Michael Schmidt
Developed software and hardware for a particle physics experiment to be run at the Collider Detector at Fermilab.

REFEREED PUBLICATIONS

The ACS Nearby Galaxy Survey Treasury II. Young Stars and their Relation to Hα and UV Emission Timescales in the M81 Outer Disk
Gogarten, Stephanie M., Dalcanton, Julianne J., Williams, Benjamin F., Seth, Anil C., Dolphin, Andrew, Weisz, Daniel, Skillman, E., Holtzman, Jon, Cole, Andrew, Girardi, Leo, de Jong, Roelof S., Karachentsev, Igor D., Olsen, Knut, & Rosema, Keith 2008, ApJ, accepted

The ACS Nearby Galaxy Survey Treasury I. The Star Formation History of the M81 Outer Disk
Williams, Benjamin F., Dalcanton, Julianne J., Seth, Anil C., Weisz, Daniel, Dolphin, Andrew, Skillman, E., Harris, Jason, Holtzman, Jon, Girardi, Leo, de Jong, Roelof S., Olsen, Knut, Cole, Andrew, Gallart, Carme, Gogarten, Stephanie M., Hidalgo, Sebastian L., Mateo, Mario, Rosema, Keith, Stetson, Peter B. & Quinn, T. 2008, AJ, accepted

The ACS Nearby Galaxy Survey Treasury
Dalcanton, Julianne J., Williams, Benjamin F., Seth, Anil C., Dolphin, Andrew, Holtzman, Jon, Rosema, Keith, Skillman, E., Cole, Andrew, Girardi, Leo, Gogarten, Stephanie M., Karachentsev, Igor D., Olsen, Knut, Weisz, Daniel, Christensen, Charlotte, Freeman, Ken, Gallart, Carme, Harris, Jason, Hodge, Paul, de Jong, Roelof S., Karachentseva, Valentina, Mateo, Mario, Stetson, Peter B., Tavarez, Maritza, Zaritsky, Dennis, Governato, Fabio, & Quinn, Thomas 2008, ApJS, submitted

Spitzer Observations of a Gravitationally Lensed Quasar, the Einstein Cross or QSO 2237+0305
Agol, Eric, Gogarten, Stephanie M., Gorjian, Varoujan, & Kimball, Amy 2008, ApJ, submitted

The Morphological Content of Ten EDisCS clusters at 0.4 < z < 0.8
Desai, V., Dalcanton, J. J., Aragón-Salamanca, A., Jablonka, P., Poggianti, B., Gogarten, S. M., Simard, L., Milvang-Jensen, B., Rudnick, G., Zaritsky, D., Clowe, D., Halliday, C., Pelló, R., Saglia, R., & White, S., 2007, ApJ, 660, 1151

Stellar SEDs from 0.3 to 2.5 μm: Tracing the Stellar Locus and Searching for Color Outliers in the SDSS and 2MASS
Covey, K. R., Ivezić, Ž., Schlegel, D., Finkbeiner, D., Padmanabhan, N., Lupton, R. H., Agüeros, M. A., Bochanski, J. J., Hawley, S. L., West, A. A., Seth, A., Kimball, A., Gogarten, S. M., Claire, M., Haggard, D., Kaib, N., Schneider, D. P., & Sesar, B. 2007, AJ, 134, 239

The Ultraviolet, Optical, and Infrared Properties of Sloan Digital Sky Survey Sources Detected by GALEX
Agüeros, Marcel A., Ivezić, Željko, Covey, Kevin R., Obrić, Mirela, Hao, Lei, Walkowicz, Lucianne M., West, Andrew A., Vanden Berk, Daniel E., Lupton, Robert H., Knapp, Gillian R., Gunn, James E., Richards, Gordon T., Bochanski, John, Jr., Brooks, Alyson, Claire, Mark, Haggard, Daryl, Kaib, Nathan, Kimball, Amy, Gogarten, Stephanie M., Seth, Anil, & Solontoi, Michael 2005, AJ, 130, 1022

UNREFEREED TALKS AND CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

Poster: Constraining Star Formation Timescales Using Resolved Stars: An Application to Hα and UV Emission in the M81 Outer Disk
Gogarten, Stephanie M., Dalcanton, Julianne J., Williams, Benjamin F., and the ANGST collaboration, 2008, ALMA Workshop

Talk: Young Stars and their Relation to Hα and UV Emission Timescales in the M81 Outer Disk
Gogarten, Stephanie M., 2008, MPIA Galaxy Coffee

Poster: Spatially Resolved Star Formation History of NGC 300
Gogarten, Stephanie M., Dalcanton, Julianne J., Williams, Benjamin F., and the ANGST collaboration, 2007, 4th Spitzer Science Center Conference

Poster: The Size-Luminosity Relation of Disk Galaxies in EDisCS Clusters
Gogarten, Stephanie M., Dalcanton, Julianne J., Simard, Luc, Rudnick, Gregory, Desai, Vandana, and the EDisCS Collaboration, 2006, IAU Symposium 235

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Instructor, Summer 2007
University of Washington
Instructor for Introductory Astronomy class.

Instructor, Spring 2007
Creative Retirement Institute, Edmonds Community College
Taught 4-session course on recent developments in astronomy.

Teaching Assistant, 6 courses, 2003 - 2006
University of Washington
Conducted discussion sections for introductory Astronomy and Solar System courses.

SERVICE & OUTREACH

Pre-Major in Astronomy Program, 2005 - present
Research mentor, recruitment, and website development.

Mentor, Making Connections, 2005 - 2008
Mentor to high school students from Seattle Public Schools.
Presenting astronomy and physics workshops at the Making Connections Quarterly Student Workshop series.

Open House Coordinator, 2008
Organized annual Astronomy Department Open House at the University of Washington.

Volunteer, University of Washington Planetarium, 2004-present
Presenting planetarium shows to schoool groups.

Presenter, GEAR-UP Jul. 2004, Jul. 2008
Presented an astronomy workshop to a college-prep class for traditionally underrepresented high-school students.

Presenter, Seattle Expanding Your Horizons Conference, Mar. 2004
Presented a workshop on astronomy and the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence at a workshop series for middle-school girls.