Michael Pierce, Ph.D., associate professor of History at the University of Arkansas, discusses "Why There Is No Socialism in America: An Ohio Story," in the Benes Rooms inside OWU's Hamilton-Williams Campus Center, 40 Rowland Ave., Delaware. Pierce is the author of "Striking with the Ballot: Ohio Labor and the Populist Party" and a co-editor of books including "Race, Labor, and Violence in the Delta." The annual Joseph and Edith Vogel Lecture is made possible through an endowment from their son, Ezra Vogel, Ph.D., now deceased. Ezra Vogel was a 1950 Ohio Wesleyan graduate, retired professor of East Asian Studies at Harvard University, and author of the critically acclaimed book, "Deng Xiaoping and the Transformation of China." The lecture is organized by the OWU Department of History. Learn more at .