[1] Broughan creates photo-based assemblages, slicing and stitching together original photographs, fabrics, painted and printed elements, in formal compositions that are abstracted and allegorical.

She also creates limited edition prints and artists' books.

Broughan has had solo exhibitions at venues such as Benrubi Gallery.

Her work has been included in numerous group exhibitions and projects including the Museum of Arts and Design,[11] the MoMA Design Store,[12] New York; Bakehouse Art Complex, Miami;[13] Jarvis Dooney Gallerie, Berlin; Document, Chicago; Sanderson Contemporary Art, Auckland, New Zealand; Magnan Metz, New York; Dorfman Projects, New York; the Essl Museum, Vienna,[14] and 601Artspace, New York.

Broughan teaches in the Visual Arts Department at the SUNY College at Old Westbury, New York.