EDUCATION

Ph.D. in Astronomy, University of Washington, June 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 - 2009
University of Washington
Supervisor: Julianne Dalcanton
Studying star formation in nearby spiral galaxies with resolved stellar populations.

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

Graduate Research Assistant, 2004 - 2006
University of Washington
Supervisor: Julianne Dalcanton
Studied galaxy evolution with the ESO Distant Cluster Survey.

Senior Thesis Project, 2002 - 2003
University of Chicago
Supervisor: Donald York
Analyzed the absorption profiles of Diffuse Interstellar Bands.

REU, Summer 2002
Arecibo Observatory
Supervisors: 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
Supervisor: Simon Swordy
Developed software for cosmic-ray experiments and VERITAS.

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

INVITED TALKS

The ACS Nearby Galaxy Survey Treasury
August 2008, Local Volume Legacy Meeting, Pasadena, CA

Young Stars and their Relation to Hα and UV Emission Timescales in the M81 Outer Disk
August 2008, Local Volume Legacy Meeting, Pasadena, CA

Young Stars and their Relation to Hα and UV Emission Timescales in the M81 Outer Disk
August 2008, Galaxy Coffee, Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, Heidelberg, Germany

Spatially Resolved Star Formation History of NGC 300
Poster selected for oral presentation: December 2007, Spitzer Conference on the Evolving ISM in the Milky Way and Nearby Galaxies, Pasadena, CA

FIRST AUTHOR REFEREED PUBLICATIONS

The ACS Nearby Galaxy Survey Treasury V. Radial Star Formation History of NGC 300
Gogarten, Stephanie M., Dalcanton, Julianne J., Williams, Benjamin F., Roškar, Rok, Holtzman, Jon, Seth, Anil C., Dolphin, Andrew, Weisz, Daniel, Cole, Andrew, Debattista, Victor P., Gilbert, Karoline M., Olsen, Knut, Skillman, E., Karachentsev, Igor D., & Quinn, Thomas R. 2009, in prep.

The NGC 300 Transient: An Alternative Method For Measuring Progenitor Masses
Gogarten, Stephanie M., Dalcanton, Julianne J., Murphy, Jeremiah W., Williams, Benjamin F., Gilbert, Karoline, & Dophin, Andrew 2009, ApJ, 703, 300

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 2009, ApJ, 691, 115

OTHER REFEREED PUBLICATIONS

The ACS Nearby Galaxy Survey Treasury IV. The Star Formation History of NGC 2976
Williams, Benjamin F., Dalcanton, Julianne J., Stilp, Adrienne, Gilbert, Karoline M., Roškar, Rok, Seth, Anil C., Weisz, Daniel, Dolphin, Andrew, Gogarten, Stephanie M., Skillman, E., Holtzman, Jon, 2009, ApJ, submitted

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. 2009, AJ, 137, 419

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, Gilbert, Karoline, Harris, Jason, Hodge, Paul, de Jong, Roelof S., Karachentseva, Valentina, Mateo, Mario, Stetson, Peter B., Tavarez, Maritza, Zaritsky, Dennis, Governato, Fabio, & Quinn, Thomas 2009, ApJS, 183, 67

Spitzer Observations of a Gravitationally Lensed Quasar, the Einstein Cross or QSO 2237+0305
Agol, Eric, Gogarten, Stephanie M., Gorjian, Varoujan, & Kimball, Amy 2009, ApJ, 697, 1010

Feedback and the Formation of Dwarf Galaxy Stellar Halos
Stinson, G. S., Dalcanton, J. J., Quinn, T., Gogarten, S. M., Kaufmann, T., Wadsley, J. 2009, MNRAS, 395, 1455

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 CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS & ABSTRACTS

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
Transformational Science with ALMA, September 2008 ALMA Workshop

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

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
American Astronomical Society Meeting 209, January 2007

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
International Astronomical Union Symposium 235, August 2006

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 - 2009
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, Spring 2008
Organized annual Astronomy Department Open House at the University of Washington.

Volunteer, University of Washington Planetarium, 2004 - 2009
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.