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"In Her Image: Producing Womanhood in America" is an experiential program and curriculum that addresses the influence of media imagery in American society. Available as a live performance or film accompanied by supplemental materials for discussion and action, "In Her Image" is a 34-minute audio-visual documentation of advertisements, photographs, illustrations, and pertinent text taken from public sources such as the internet, textbooks, magazines, health brochures, and billboards. These images are arranged in order of the human lifespan and examine gender norms and the issues they affect--sex/sexuality, teenage pregnancy, pornography, reproductive rights, marriage, family, career, body image/eating disorders, nutrition and diet, drugs and alcohol, violence/abuse and harassment, discrimination, and aging--by tracing back to the sources that influence them. In rearranging the obvious, "In Her Image" refreshes the investigation of gender dynamics in the United States today: a topic that, despite its importance, is tired of being discussed.

While the program is organized to question how commercial images represent and shape daily life, it does not dictate pre-processed conclusions to audiences; rather, "In Her Image" utilizes images, text, and song--the usual methods of communication found in magazines, print advertisements, movies, and TV--allowing audience-members to recognize and access the collected content. Viewers experience these images condensed within one presentation, therefore gaining consciousness about the high volume of messages they internalize every day. The program's underlying musical element involves audiences directly, resonating for a greater impact than conventional methods of education which employ only the spoken or written word.