Since 2006 Dr. Gourley has been a member of the Environmental Science Program at Trinity.  His expertise in geology and geographic information systems (GIS) complements the current ENVS faculty and his field based research interests will provide Trinity students with an opportunity to study geology and environmental science beyond the gates of Trinity.  His teaching style is primarily hands-on which engages students in both the lab and in the field.  Recently, Jonathan has engaged in a project related to mercury accumulation in New Hampshire alpine soils and crumbling foundations of eastern Connecticut due to the mineral pyrrhotite.

• Gourley, J., Byrne, T., Chan, Y-C., Wu, F., Rau, R-J., 2007, Fault geometries illuminated from seismicity in central Taiwan, implications for crustal scale structural boundaries in the Central Range, Tectonophysics, v.455, pp. 168-185.
• Gourley, J., Byrne, T., Wu,  F., Chan, Y-C., Yu, S-B., Kuo, L. "Along strike GPS and seismic constraints on extension in the eastern Central Range, Taiwan." Eos Transactions, 2004 Fall Meeting, session T41C-1221 (abstract).
• Gourley, J. "Neogene offset of the Soda-Avawatz fault zone constrained by facies analysis of the syntectonic fanglomerates of the Soda Mountains, San Bernardino County, California." In Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs vol. 31, no. 6, (1999): 24. (abstract).
• Gourley, J. and Key, M.M. "Analysis of the Skolithos ichnofacies from the Cambrian Monalto Quartzite Member of the Harpers Formation in south central Pennsylvania." In: North American Paleontological Convention Abstracts of Papers, edited by Repetski, J. E., Paleontological Society, Special Publication, no. 8. 152 pp. (abstract).
• Crespi, J., Gourley, J., and Witkowski, C. "New views on faulting, fabric development, and volume strain in the Taconic slate belt, western Vermont and Eastern New York." In New England Intercollegiate Geological Conference Guidebook: Lake George, New York, edited by McLelland, J. and Karabinos, P., (2002) p. B4-1:21.

• Trinity College Trustee Award for Faculty Excellence, 2020.
• Best Thesis Award, School of Science and Mathematics, CSU Fresno, 2000.
• GSA Poster Honorable Mention, GSA Cordilleran Section, 1999.
• Dean’s Medal Nominee, CSU Fresno, Spring 2000.
• Graduate Merit Award, CSU Fresno, Spring 1999.
• Leon S. Peters Scholarship, CSU Fresno, sole recipient, Fall 1998.
• Dana Scholarship for Geology, CSU Fresno, 1998-1999.
• William V. Vernon Prize, Dickinson College, 1996.