In 2006, Professor Vicino joined the faculty of the School of Urban and Public Affairs at University of Texas at Arlington. His research and teaching interests focus on urban and environmental policy and planning; suburbanization and its environmental and growth impacts; urban spatial structure; and globalization and the city. He is the author of the book Transforming Race and Class in Suburbia (2008), published by Palgrave Macmillan. He has also published various book chapters and research articles in top peer-reviewed journals.

From 2002 to 2006, Professor Vicino was affiliated with the UMBC Center for Urban Environmental Education and Research, where he pursued a research agenda that focused on examining the consequences of urban decentralization, including the social, economic, and environmental changes to the metropolitan landscape. In 2004, Professor Vicino and two collaborators were awarded a research grant under EPA's P3 Program to develop sustainable solutions for urban development in the Baltimore region.

Professor Vicino also worked for a large urban government when he participated in the Washington Semester Program -- "the oldest, most prestigious, and well-known experiential education program in the nation." In 2001, he served as a legal research assistant for the Attorney General of the District of Columbia.

In 2005, Professor Vicino was appointed President Emeritus of the Graduate Student Association at University of Maryland, Baltimore County. This lifetime honorary appointment recognizes his outstanding service to university governance in the University System of Maryland.

Professor Vicino is near-fluent in Portuguese. In his spare time, he enjoys world travel, playing the trumpet, and photography. He is a native of Washington, D.C.