Zhylyevskyy presented a paper at the Midwest Economics Association 2011 annual meeting. The paper is titled "Effects of Family, Friends, and Relative Prices on Fruit and Vegetable Consumption by African American Youths." It is co-authored by Zhylyevskyy, Helen H. Jensen, Steven B. Garasky, Carolyn E. Cutrona, and Frederick X. Gibbons.