Katelyn Ideus, MA

Katelyn Ideus is Director of Strategic Communications & Engagement at the National Strategic Research Institute at the University of Nebraska, the DOD-designated University Affiliated Research Center sponsored by U.S. Strategic Command.

In her role, Ideus guides and executes NSRI's brand communications, producing and delivering announcements and features, information and reports regarding NSRI and NU national security solutions. She manages the institute's digital platforms, which include nsri.nebraska.edu, LinkedIn, X and Vimeo.

 
Video story of an NSRI field operations and training exercise produced and edited by Katelyn Ideus.

Ideus also helps cultivate a collaborative environment with faculty across the University of Nebraska System's four campuses by supporting NSRI's facilitation of the NSRI Fellows program, its participation in the University of Nebraska Collaboration Initiative and administering student research opportunities and experiences.

Ideus previously led communications for the Rural Futures Institute at the University of Nebraska and the University of Nebraska System's online education initiatives. She served as internal communications at Nelnet, Inc., Lincoln, Nebraska, and physician communications specialist for Cardinal Glennon Children's Medical Center in St. Louis, Mo., engaging St. Louis University faculty physicians and community hospitals and physicians.

Ideus holds a master’s degree in integrated media communications and a bachelor’s degree in news editorial and broadcast journalism, both from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln College of Journalism & Mass Communications. She lives south of Lincoln, Nebraska, where her husband is a fourth-generation farmer and owner of Lincoln Performance & Sports Medicine. They are proud parents to three young children.