J O A N N E (HOULAHAN) S E L I N S K I PhD
|
Teaching Professor Associate Head for Education (CS) Department of Computer Science Johns Hopkins University |
Malone 225 410-516-4117 joanne -at- cs.jhu.edu pronouns: she/her |
CS Department Student Info
Computer science undergraduate students are supported by multiple faculty and staff members. Collectively we answer emails and meet with students or faculty to answer questions related to computer science undergraduate programs. You can reach us with questions or to make an appointment through advising -at- cs.jhu.edu. See the CS department webpage - info for undergraduate students for more details and resources, including declaring a CS major or minor.
Declared CS second majors and minors in need of CS-specific faculty mentoring are welcome to email Prof. Joanne Selinski and Prof. Sara More jointly with your questions or for an appointment.
Please visit the links below and to the left for information regarding academics, courses and activities in the department. Feel free to drop by office hours with questions or to simply chat about anything going on.
- Undergraduate Academics & Advising
- HopHacks - our biannual hackathon
- Account forms: Declared majors/minors needing a CS account form signed should simply email it to support -at- cs.jhu.edu and they'll take care of it.
- Course Assistants: Application, Training Document (requires JHU authentication for access)
- Departmental Course Information
Office Hours
- See the table and notes below for CS department office hour information. If attending drop-in office hours in person, please wait quietly in the hallway until it is your turn. If on zoom, you'll join a virtual waiting room and be invited in when it's your turn.
- If you can't meet with any of us during our pre-scheduled office hours, please email advising -at- cs.jhu.edu to request an appointment, including the purpose of the appointment and possible times in the Mon-Fri 9a-6p timeframe.
- Office of Engineering Advising drop-in hours schedule is posted here.
- NOTE: No drop-in hours during the summer - please sign-up for a time to meet with Lyn or email Abby or Joanne or advising@cs.jhu.edu for an appointment.
| Summer 2026 | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lyn - sign up for a time slot here | 9:30-11:30a | 2:00-4:00p | by appt | by appt | 1:00-3:00p |
| Abby - email for appointment | by appt | by appt | by appt | by appt | by appt |
| Joanne - email for appointment | n/a | by appt | by appt | by appt | by appt |
Teaching
Current and recent courses:
- EN.500.112 Gateway Computing: JAVA
- EN.601.220 Intermediate Programming
- EN.601.226 Data Structures
- EN.601.290 User Interfaces and Mobile Applications
Here are a few pages to help with learning common software development tools for use in our courses:
- Unix tutorial
- FAQ for using JHU CS undergrad unix accounts
- Git overview
- Checkstyle overview
- JUnit overview
- VirtualBox/Lubuntu installation
Academic Interests
Please note that I do not admit, advise or supervise graduate students in any way.
- Computer Science Education -> please join our mailing list
- Software Engineering
- Graph Theory & Algorithms
Education:
- 1996: Ph.D. in Computer Science, Johns Hopkins University
- Dissertation: "Sandwich Networks for Conferencing"
- 1986: M.S.E. in Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, Johns Hopkins University
- 1984: B.S. in Mathematics, Chestnut Hill College, Philadelphia, PA
|
Mailing Address: 160 Malone Hall 3400 N. Charles St Baltimore, MD 21218 |
Dept Office: 410-516-8775 Dept Fax: 410-516-6134 Zoom Room: jselinski |