Frances Geneva Handy Southall (December 5, 1925 – January 2, 2004) was an American musicologist, pianist, and college professor.

[2] She graduated from Dillard University, majoring in music, in 1945, and was active in Delta Sigma Theta.

After college, Handy taught briefly at the Gray Conservatory of Music in Los Angeles.

She joined the faculty of Grambling College in 1966, and became a professor of music and African-American studies at the University of Minnesota in 1970.

[12][13] Her work was recognized with awards from the National Association of Negro Musicians, the NAACP, and Dillard University, among other organizations.

[3] In 1992, Minnesota governor Arne Carlson declared a Geneva Southall Week, in recognition of her lifetime contributions.