 In 1960 Noble and co-author Margaret Fisher, the dean of South Florida University, published "College Education as Personal Development" to be used in college orientation courses by first-year college students.When Noble advanced to full professor, she said that she was probably the first African-American female to do so at a major university primarily catering to white students.Other lecturer positions Noble held during her career included summer visiting professorships at the University of Vermont and at the Tuskegee Institute.