His classes explore writing and social media in the context of community service. He is the founder and editor of Bunk Magazine and is the Director of Communication of the Electronic Literature Organization. His recent scholarship launched and developed the explication of computer source code in the area he calls Critical Code Studies. Marino earned degrees in creative writing and literature from Brown University, Notre Dame, and Loyola Marymount University. He completed his Ph.D. at UC Riverside, where his doctoral research focused on chatbots, electronic literature, games, and other new media.