Building a healthy campus climate, one that is respectful, inclusive, and supportive of intellectual growth for the entire university community, has always been a challenge faced by educators. From influencing students' thought to facilitating individual cases of bullying and harassment, the mainstream media is awash with stories about the role social media may play in fostering a hostile environment on college campuses. Work examining the challenges various social media pose to college campuses is underway: it is still young, though, and largely outside of the communication discipline. Even so, it is important for communication scholars to stake a claim in this space. Social media, as a technology, is here to stay and has clear implications for communication in all contexts--particularly considering that 70% of adults use it daily, despite the fact that most of these same individuals hold negative views regarding its effects (McKinnon & Dougherty, 2019). There are many challenges both in how social media is studied and how students are taught to engage with it. This article explores: (1) dangers posed within campus communities to which social media may contribute (i.e., cyberbullying, racial hostility, and stalking behaviors); (2) dangers posed by the evolving threat of coordinated disinformation; (3) challenges scholars face moving forward in how these dangers are researched and understood; and (4) necessary pedagogical changes needed to help students engage with the world through social media.