I agree with the other answer that your father would need a work visa. I know that more and more colleges and universities are adding Islamic studies to their curriculum. In this area I know McDaniel College (Maryland) recently added a program. I would suggest a couple of approaches. First, contact professors in which your father worked with in the past. Use their networking to find out about positions. Second, search for colleges and universities that have similar programs and send CV to their department heads. Finally if there is an area your father is particularly interested in have him contact the department dean and suggest courses. It may take a little work but there are positions out there. Good luck.

With a Work Visa he can search job postings at any University on line. He may also want to contact the head of the history department at the desired college to see if the department would be interested in adding Islamic history or humanities.

Also, have him contact the two universities where he studied to see if they might have an opening.

Good luck in helping him with a job search.

Well first off he will need a work visa if he is not already in the united states if he is he can go to any universitys job postings and see what they have available. He may have to wait for a job opeining since that particular field will probably be a little harder to get into since its not as wide and their is probably someone who wants to stay at their job that is teaching the same thing.

Best thing to do is for you fater to call up universities and ask them if they have any openings available.

The Chronicle of Higher Education http://chronicle.com has the largest listing of academic jobs so start there if he is looking for academic jobs. If he is a serious contender for a job then the university will help with all of the visa and work permit issues.

You can search by campus at http://academic360.com which is linked to campus HR departments that list all campus jobs, from faculty to janitor.