  We investigate the production of nitrogen in star forming galaxies with
ultraviolet (UV) radiation detected by the Galaxy Evolution Explorer Satellite
(GALEX). We use a sample of 8,745 GALEX emission line galaxies matched to the
Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) spectroscopic sample. We derive both gas-phase
oxygen and nitrogen abundances for the sample, and apply stellar population
synthesis models to derive stellar masses and star formation histories of the
galaxies. We compare oxygen abundances derived using three different
diagnostics. We derive the specific star formation rates of the galaxies by
modeling the 7-band GALEX+SDSS photometry. We find that galaxies that have log
SFR/M$_*$ > -10.0 typically have values of log N/O ~0.05 dex less than galaxies
with log SFR/M$_*$ < -10.0 and similar oxygen abundances.
