public static function where($field, $value, $dbConn = NULL)
    {
		$table = Backbone::getTable(get_called_class(), $dbConn);

		if (is_null($dbConn)) {
			$dbConn = Backbone::makeDbConn();
		}

        try {
			$query = $dbConn->prepare('SELECT * FROM ' . $table . ' WHERE ' . $field . ' = ?');
			$query->execute([$value]);
        } catch (PDOException $e) {
            return $e->getMessage();
        } finally {
            $dbConn = null;
        }

        if ($query->rowCount()) {
            $found = new static;
            $found->dbData = $query->fetch(DbConn::FETCH_ASSOC);

            return $found;
        } else {
            throw new RecordNotFoundException;
        }
    }