He was the co-founder of the Film and Education Research Center with Kelvin Shawn Sealey. Professor Broughton's scholary interests include: Cultural Studies, trauma, violence, illness/disability, masculinity, military technologies, youth subcultures, and cinema as educator. He is interested in exploring topics such as drone warfare, PTSD, accidents, media pedagogy, visual culture, transgender, popular music and postmodernism. He recently published Cultural Studies, Education & Youth.