Marshall mucal wonten ing Universitas Persemakmuran Virginia, Universitas California, Berkeley, Workshop Kepenulisan Iowa, lan Universitas Yale sadèrèngipun kapracaya minangka Ketua Helen Gould Sheppard Chair of Literature and Culture ing Universitas New York. Taun 1993 piyambakipun nampi gelar kinormatan L.H.D. saking Bates College. Piyambakipun manggèn wonten Richmond, Virginia. Taun 2010, Paule Marshall nampi bebungah Lifetime Achievement Award saking Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards.