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Brandon Waldon is an Assistant Professor with dual appointments in the Linguistics Program and Department of Philosophy at the University of South Carolina's College of Arts and Sciences. His office is located in Close-Hipp 528 at 1705 College Street, Columbia, SC 29208.
Dr. Waldon's research examines how context, linguistic meaning, and social cognition jointly enable linguistic communication. His primary research interests include modality, vagueness/imprecision, conversational implicature, and legal interpretation. He employs diverse methodological approaches including formal analysis, psycholinguistic experimentation, and computational modeling.
His recent scholarly output demonstrates strong engagement with the application of linguistic and philosophical insights to legal textual analysis, particularly examining how large language models handle legal interpretation challenges. His work bridges theoretical linguistics with practical applications in law and artificial intelligence.
Professional recognition includes:
- NSF Graduate Research Fellowship during doctoral studies at Stanford
- Fritz Fellowship in Georgetown's Tech & Society Initiative during postdoctoral work
Dr. Waldon maintains active collaborations with researchers at Georgetown University, particularly with Nathan Schneider's NERT lab, Computational Linguistics @ Georgetown (GUCL), and the Massive Data Institute. His GitHub profile shows substantial contributions to computational linguistics projects with 37 repositories and ongoing development activity through 2025.
