Melanie Sereny, Jonathan Brasher.

Melanie Dawn Sereny and Jonathan Paulk Brasher are to be married Sunday evening at Shady Wagon Farm in New Hill, N.C. Rabbi John Friedman is to officiate. Ms. Sereny, 29, is keeping her name. She is studying for a doctorate in sociology at Duke, from which she also received a master's in the subject. Her research focuses on population aging and intergenerational relations in China. She graduated from Washington University in St. Louis. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]