Dr. Broughton is senior lecture in psychology at The University of Northampton, in the UK and a member of the Centre for the Study of Anomalous Psychological Processes (CSAPP). He teaches on the undergraduate level and in the recently developed Masters program in Transpersonal Psychology and Consciousness Studies as well as supervising PhD students.

Formerly Dr. Broughton was President of Intuition Laboratories, Inc., a North Carolina start-up company that conducted basic research into human intuition applied research to develop methods for identifying intuitively advantaged individuals for business, healthcare and intelligence applications. The work of Intuition Laboratories has now been incorporated into the CSAPP research program.

Dr. Broughton did his undergraduate studies at Seton Hall University in New Jersey. After two years of teaching in Egypt, he went on to obtain his Ph.D. in psychology from the University of Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1978. In 1978-79, Dr. Broughton was a visiting scientist at the University of Utrecht in the Netherlands, and from 1979 to 1981 he was research assistant professor in the Department of Behavioral Sciences at the College of Optometry of the State University of New York in New York City.

In 1981, he joined the Institute for Parapsychology in Durham, North Carolina (successor to the famous Duke University Parapsychology Laboratory) where he led research programs in mind-matter interactions and extraordinary human cognition (extrasensory perception). From 1995 Dr. Broughton served as Director of the Institute until he left in 2000 to begin Intuition Laboratories.

In addition to numerous scientific papers, Dr. Broughton is author of a popular and critically acclaimed book on parapsychology. He frequently serves as a commentator in television programs on parapsychology and intuition issues.

Dr. Broughton is a twice past president and longtime board member of the Parapsychological Association, an international professional organization that is an affiliate of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He is on the Council of the Society for Psychical Research, a member of the American Psychological Society and the Author’s Guild.

Dr. Broughton lives in Oxfordshire, England with his wife, Kathleen. They have two daughters, Sarah (Sally) and Stephanie.

A formal c.v. is available on request.