As a designer, artist, and writer, he explores the role of the designers past, present, and future, seeking ways to integrate design history, theory, and criticism with practice. He is currently exploring ways to make environmental concerns a vital component of the Graphic Design curriculum at NMSU. He continues work on his book Graphic Design Reconsidered (Berg Publishers, 2012), an introduction to the subject of green design for students and professionals. In his course Visualizing Race, students compare their DNA, personal identity, and medium to understand how race and representation operate within Visual Culture. Fine received his MFA from the University of Arizona in 2004.