Oleksandr (Alex) Zhylyevskyy: About me

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Oleksandr (Alex) Zhylyevskyy
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Biographical sketch

I was born (1979) and grew up in Kherson, Ukraine. My B.A. degree (2000) and M.A. degree (2002) are in economics from the University of Kiev-Mohyla Academy. I completed a Ph.D. degree in economics at the University of Virginia in 2008, and have been at Iowa State University since August of 2008.

Awards, fellowships, and honors

2019 Honorable Mention Paper Award, Food Safety and Nutrition (FSN) section of the Agricultural & Applied Economics Association (AAEA), July 2020
John M. Olin Scholarship in Law and Economics, University of Virginia, Fall 2007
Dissertation Year Fellowship, University of Virginia, Fall 2006
Bankard Pre-Doctoral Fellowship, University of Virginia, Summer 2006
MasterCard Fellowship, University of Virginia, Spring 2006
DuPont Fellowship, University of Virginia, Fall 2005
Graduate Student Paper Award, Society for Computational Economics, June 2005
DuPont Fellowship, University of Virginia, Fall 2004
Soros' Supplementary Grant, Open Society Institute, June 2003
President's Fellowship, University of Virginia, Fall 2002
V. Bezsoniw Scholarship, University of Kiev-Mohyla Academy, June 1999
President of Ukraine Scholarship, University of Kiev-Mohyla Academy, January 1999
Eugene Slutsky Scholarship, University of Kiev-Mohyla Academy, September 1998
George Kusiw Scholarship, University of Kiev-Mohyla Academy, June 1998
Zenon Babyuk Honorary Scholarship, University of Kiev-Mohyla Academy, June 1997

My research in news media

July 2023. "Banking on Regulations and Depositor Behavior," Debbie and Jerry Ivy College of Business, Iowa State University; news article link

Hunt, Angie. June 12, 2019. "New economic study shows combination of SNAP and WIC improves food security," ISU News Service; news article link

Hunt, Angie. November 1, 2013. "Parents and price sway food choices for kids," Futurity.org: Health & Medicine; news article link

Hunt, Angie. October 30, 2013. "ISU researchers find prices and family interactions influence eating behaviors," ISU News Service; news article link

Ferlazzo, Mike. September 13, 2012. "'Inefficient' divorces leave couples worse off," Futurity.org: Society & Culture; news article link

Ferlazzo, Michael, Annette Hacker. September 12, 2012. "Iowa State economist finds one in four divorces to be 'inefficient' in new national study," ISU News Service; news article link